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Summary Of The Purpose Of College By Jeffrey Selingo

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Author Jeffrey Selingo states in his article “What’s the Purpose of College: A job or an Education?” college prices are increasing traumatically and yet college graduates are left without a career or job. Before the 1970’s college was a place where post high school graduates could go to explore various majors and courses. However, that has changed, after the 1970’s students would enter college already knowing the outcome of a career they had already chosen. Most students are now majoring in business, unlike in the past, when most were graduating with a major in traditional arts and science fields. The pressure is on for students to enter with a major in mind because of the increase of tuition. Selingo interviewed Michael Roth, president of
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