In a paper of three to four pages (1200 words minimum), create an argumentative response to the following statement–you may agree with the statement or disagree with the statement, but in either case, detail and support your decision. You may do research into American higher education, but it isn’t completely necessary.
Here’s the statement: Agree or Disagree with logical supporting claims and examples.
The “Majors” system that was developed at Harvard and other colleges and universities over a century ago is now completely out of date and useless for most college students. Students need real job training today as most industries, businesses, and other ventures and careers simply expect new hires to be ready for jobs on day one. Colleges like Troy should therefore partner with industries and create job tracks for students to ready them to step into a job after graduation or to step into a graduate/professional school like law, medicine, business, etc. Who needs a B.A. in ‘English’ or ‘History’ if the only thing an HR department wants is evidence that one can do the job listed?