Pre-professionalism of College

[Izzy74]

@ucbalumnus

Higher cost of college and greater competitiveness in the labor market are likely reasons why there may be an increasing emphasis on pre professional aspects of college among students from backgrounds where that used to be less of a concern.

Absolutely. Colleges, especially elite colleges, used to be for rich kids who could spend four years contemplating Thoreau and Thomas More and then go home and run Daddy’s business or go on to medical or law school. With such a large diverse group of kids attending school now, it’s no wonder that pre professionalism has moved into elite schools.