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Graduate faster and spend less money with DIY Degree’s “Cost-Per-Credit” Calculator
As I wrote in one of my earliest blog posts, too many students are focused on the cost of their entire degree rather than drilling down to the most meaningful number: the cost per credit. Just like the human body is made up of cells (not just limbs), degrees are made up of credits. Read More
Scott Young talks self-education and the DIY Degree at TEDx
Last month, my fellow self-education blogger Scott H. Young spoke at TEDxEastsidePrep, an independently organized TED event in Seattle. I highly recommend listening to the entire 12-minute talk. Scott covers a wealth of topics, including: Read More
The myth of the high-paying major
Today, I want to tackle one of my favorite higher education topics: the “high-paying major.”
We’ve all been told to select our majors with a direct career path in mind. According to this idea, we should ignore our passions or natural abilities and instead focus on the majors with the highest expected payoff in the working world.
Fueling the fire are these worthless top ten lists of “the highest-paying majors of 2010” or “degrees that employers want.” Invariably, the authors just Google which majors have the highest starting salaries and dump them into a list (as if anyone in the real world picks their career path by robotically scanning lists of high-paying careers.)
Should you pursue a “high-paying” major instead of what you love? Hell no! Read More
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