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March 8, 2007
Evolving Majors
As technology advances at remarkable speed, of course different areas of study are as well! Recently on FastWeb.com, there was an article titled, “10 majors that didn’t exist 10 years ago.” It is amazing to see the list of majors! It is so interesting because if history was different, would these areas of study even exist…probably not.
For example, how would you like to major in Homeland Security? This major was recently (within the last 6 years) added to the list of majors across the country; Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and George Washington just to name a few. “Georgetown students can take a class on al Qaeda from the former head of the Bin Laden unit of the CIA.” (washingtonpost.com) Can you imagine?!
I have a few friends who would have loved to major in Computer Game Design. More than 150 colleges offer programs and courses in game design which was almost nonexistent a decade ago.
And Just like CSI prompted students to be interested in Forensic Science or Criminal Justice; recent corporate scandals have sparked interest for students to study Forensic Accounting. This sounds kind of interesting! You get to be a ‘money detective’ and investigate suspicious financial mishandlings!
These are only a few examples of the evolving majors across the globe. Check out the article “10 majors that didn’t exist 10 years ago” on FastWeb. It’s very interesting!
Posted by AshleyHoffman at 10:02 AM | Comments (0)
March 1, 2007
Co-ed residence halls, co-ed floors, co-ed rooms
Living with a male when going off to college for the first time? I can just see the look on my dad’s face if he moved me into my dorm room (sophomore year) and my roommate was a boy...I don’t event want to visualize that scenario.
On our local news channel's website, www.kdka.com, along with the article about co-educational dorms, there was a poll asking “Good idea, Bad idea”. Once you placed your vote, you could see the results of other readers. 35% thought it was a good idea and 65% said it was a bad idea.
The article referencing Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) briefly stated that a small group of colleges (30) on the east coast were trying this out. The reason for this new wave is to provide a different living situation that best suites each students.
When I researched this further, I saw that a few of the schools were Swarthmore, Haverford, Wesleyan College, Brown University among others. This particular article calls this ‘co-ed’ venture a “gender blind/neutral housing” this is “to better accommodate gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students who would either be more comfortable with an opposite sex roommate or who are concerned that they would not be accepted by a same sex roommate.”
A number of the institutions do not permit freshmen students to live with members of the opposite sex.
In CMU’s defense, they stated that they are not promoting sex, but just allowing students to pick the best roommate for themselves. (www.kdka.com). Thoughts?
Posted by AshleyHoffman at 1:28 PM | Comments (1)