Review: The Purposeful Graduate | National Catholic Reporter

Review: The Purposeful Graduate | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: This narrative shows two girls taking various paths to get an Mrs. degree.  What could be more cliche?  Individuals of both genders get married and find meaning - or don't - at college every day.  Reprogramming learning modalities changes little - although certain scientific and engineering majors are definitely more directed to vocational goals.  Others are better for graduate or professinal school.  It would have been more useful to look at who did not finish and what they were doing.  I bet getting married was on their agenda too - and that many probably took some time off an come back - or were not really clear on what a liberal arts education really teaches you - the answer is writing in your field, by the way.  Of course, there are also many people who graduated and go into sales or retail on a management track (which frankly they could have done without the degree).  For me, a B.A. was a gateway drug to an MPA - which I used fomrally in two public sector jobs and informally in government contracting. Of course, I mostly use it - as well as my Catholci education, writing on the Internet.  Maybe the study should look at the Internet conent produced by graduates.