"... which is a major tip that Harvard gives..."

Metawampe
Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:46:41 +0000

Never believed it. A comprehensive university needs to feed students to its faculty and departments to help keep them going. We’ve read for years that it’s better to be bassoon player than a violinist as the orchestra tries to address its risks. The same principle can apply to academic departments.

It’s interesting how these priorities shift, though. It appears Harvard needs more humanities majors. Meanwhile, Yale is sending likely letters to kids they assume will become CS majors.