Some Cornell students are unhappy about all those strange people on campus who are using their college experience to prepare for having a future job.
The Cornell Daily Sun reports:
Cornell Students Critique Culture of Careerism“You’re a classics major? Oh, it’s your money. Well, have fun not having a job.”These are the comments that Erial Zheng ’18 has grown accustomed to hearing since she switched from a biology major to classics in her sophomore year.With the emergence of the College of Business and Cornell Tech in New York City, many students say they feel an attitude of careerism is growing among Cornell’s undergraduates. Critics might say Cornell is becoming more vocational, according to Prof. Charles Van Loan, computer science.Even within the College of Arts and Sciences, the liberal arts college, the two most popular majors — economics and biological sciences — are pre-professional majors, noted Jen Maclaughlin, assistant dean and director for Arts and Sciences career development center.For a growing number of students at Cornell, the undergraduate experience has become defined by attaining a prestigious career after graduation.
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