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[quote=Anonymous]The absurd cost of college and the increasing difficulties among young people in getting that first good job are changing calculations - both for students and colleges. There are still a handful of wealthy students with Art History degrees from prominent families that can waltz into a job at JP Morgan or McKinsey, but by and large those days are done. Among top 40 colleges, the most competitive majors now are engineering and business. The future seems ominous and difficult for GenZ, so they are much more practical than my generation, which could expect to comfortably float through with our English and History degrees.

Fear is what's driving things. So there is a huge demand for the majors that will likely lead to a good job. I mean try applying to NYU Stern or Cornell Dyson. Their acceptance rates are below 5 percent. And colleges are recognizing this demand. Rice has a new undergrad business school. Vanderbilt now has a business minor. I'm sure there are others. But an undergrad business degree is not the academic cul-de-sac that it used to be among the better schools. Colleges are paying attention and ramping up their programs because that's where the demand is, for better or worse. [/quote]

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