As I watch the rise of some professions, and the decline of others... and, with two grandchildren who will enter college in the next two years, I am wondering what advice I could offer in choosing a path to the future.
Looking back over 60 years since making the college choice myself, there have been so many ups and downs in professional relevance that the crystal ball gets cloudy. So much has changed... (and is still changing) that the accepted safety of many disciplines may not be there within the next 10 to 30 years. Even those professions that have seemed sacrosanct... Law, Architecture, Finance and Medicine, are under pressure from over subscription to the point that some specialty schools are having trouble attracting new applicants.
If you were at the point of advising an educational pathway for a 17 year old, what direction(s) would you point to... for satisfaction and security?
Looking back over 60 years since making the college choice myself, there have been so many ups and downs in professional relevance that the crystal ball gets cloudy. So much has changed... (and is still changing) that the accepted safety of many disciplines may not be there within the next 10 to 30 years. Even those professions that have seemed sacrosanct... Law, Architecture, Finance and Medicine, are under pressure from over subscription to the point that some specialty schools are having trouble attracting new applicants.
If you were at the point of advising an educational pathway for a 17 year old, what direction(s) would you point to... for satisfaction and security?
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