In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Duke Cheston writes about his ten favorite weird majors.
There is nothing necessarily wrong with a narrow and exotic field of study. All that should matter is whether the student is paying his own way. I don't mind if some student wants to learn to play the bagpipes (one of those majors) but don't want any of my tax dollars going to help pay for that.
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