Academic Quote by William Deresiewicz

You know, majors are tricky. There's a lot of pressure, and there's a heavy load on individuals.

— Xander Schauffele

There's something about majors where I just focus a lot more. Obviously, I need to do that more often.

— Brooks Koepka

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door…

— Dan Rather

I'm double majoring in social studies - which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy - and African-American studies.

— Yara Shahidi

Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at a time.

— Philip Greenspun

All the majors are really special for me.

— Andrey Rublev

We need to eliminate the existing hierarchy of subjects. Elevating some disciplines over others only reinforces outmoded assumptions of industrialism and offends the principle…

— Ken Robinson

“The requirements of a degree in a STEM field (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), a demanding foreign language, or a rigorous degree in the humanities…

— Thomas M. Nichols

I think at a place like Harvard, our experience, I was involved with, at various stages, in trying to implement a new general education…

— Louis Menand

“Today our society places great emphasis on specialization and focus. Students used to go off to university with the idea of broadening themselves; now…

— Garry Kasparov

All four majors are definitely a priority.

— Karrie Webb

Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.

— Danica McKellar