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Once upon a time, in the days when college was affordable for virtually everyone, a simple part-time job was all it took to pay tuition, room, board, books, and fees. In the olden days, the best advice was: “Follow your passion. Study what you love, and the money will follow.”  Nowadays, that’s bad advice. Undergraduate degrees are beyond expensive, and graduate degrees are even more costly. Stories are rife about college students racking up huge debts chasing degrees that don’t lead to jobs lucrative enough to pay them off. Crippling costs of post-secondary education make it unlikely or impossible for many students to move up the social ladder. Without much (or any) disposable income left over after paying basic expenses and college loan payments, many young adults have little to look forward to in life beyond renting, penny-pinching, and dealing with the stress of living paycheck to paycheck. For nearly all young people today, I believe the best advice is: Major for money, minor ...

Once upon a time, in the days when college was affordable for virtually everyone, a simple part-time job was all it took to pay tuition, room, board, books, and fees. In the olden days, the best advice was: “Follow your passion. Study what you love, and the money will follow.”  Nowadays, that’s bad advice. Undergraduate degrees are beyond expensive, and graduate degrees are even more costly. Stories are rife about college students racking up huge debts chasing degrees that don’t lead to jobs lucrative enough to pay them off. Crippling costs of post-secondary education make it unlikely or impossible for many students to move up the social ladder. Without much (or any) disposable income left over after paying basic expenses and college loan payments, many young adults have little to look forward to in life beyond renting, penny-pinching, and dealing with the stress of living paycheck to paycheck. For nearly all young people today, I believe the best advice is: Major for money, minor ...