“Colleges and universities should have to declare data about each discipline: the probability of getting hired in that discipline and what someone can expect to be paid immediately after graduation. ”
I went to a career day seminar, expecting all that information to be there. It was woefully pathetic.
My plan was to major in physics. I was in my first year and since that seminar didn’t give me any real information, I went to the physics department and asked for starting salary of physicists. And then I went to the various engineering departments and asked them. Since the coursework was about the same difficulty, I became an engineer.
Although I agree with you that universities should supply that information, students also need to take some initiative. If they can’t even figure out how much they will make when they graduate and exactly what kind of work they will do, they really don’t even belong in college.
No argument there. I got a B.S.E.E. degree in 1982 - unbelievable return on investment!
Real useful guidance to kids is apparently STILL useless.
I have a good acquaintance who was a chemistry major via a career in well construction operations. He made COO in an oil company. Another majored in Physics, did a tour in the army as a combat engineer then came back and slogged his way to a masters in Petroleum Engineering along with his wife and two children.
There is too much information available today for children to not take responsibility and dig though to find their own answers. That is unless they are too busy playing grab ass and sports. There is no reason to be ignorant unless you are not too swift and if you are not too swift you don’t need to know about engineering as a life’s work. This does not mean you can’t do something else and be successful though. The most wealthy guy in my Dad’s high school class was a trash hauler. Some guidance from someone who can suggest the right questions to ask though would be helpful to youngsters.
Too old soon, too late smart (experienced is more like it)