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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at a top-30 university that recently introduced a business major. Basically the entire faculty outside that major is embarrassed by the whole thing. The business major kids, for the most part, have no intellectual drive, depth, or curiosity, and the whole program operates on a whole raft of assumptions that aren't called into question for a second, because questioning at a deeper level simply isn't demanded or desired. That's why--if we looked at charts of income, achievement, happiness, etc. 10 years down the road--those majors would be near the bottom. They're missing out on the fundamental skill set, and critical/inquisitive frame of mind, that is ideally at the root of undergraduate education. Dunk on this position all you want, but I've seen enough students and grads to stand by it 100%.[/quote]

I don’t see how you have any of this data when you said your school just introduced a business major.

If you look at the most successful UPenn grads by income it’s massively skewed towards Wharton grads.  Thats not much of a surprise to anyone.

Happiness is maybe a different story…but income and happiness do have a strong correlation.
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