Bill to mandate disclosure of earnings and graduation rates by major

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@Inpersonal

I believe it is good government to prioritize an area of study/department that graduates students in 4 years, with marketable/in-demand/strategic skills vs. an area of study/department that graduates students in 6 years with limited market skills.

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<p>A caution would be that job markets can shift a lot faster than department capacities are changed. Indeed, in the four years it takes a student to complete a bachelor’s degree, the hot field may have gone cold (though some areas seem to be cold all the time). Indeed, Texas A&M’s petroleum engineering department sent a letter to prospective students on the subject: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1458449-concerning-letter-tamu-pete-department.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1458449-concerning-letter-tamu-pete-department.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;