By Amanda Kelly

Features Editor

So, what are you going do with that major?

It’s the question that manages to cause me both a sense of annoyance and apprehension after only nine simple words because I am unsure of what I’m going to pursue after the wondrous experience that is Iona.

When I was a freshman, I climbed to the third floor of 32 Hubert Place, sat in a wildly awkward and uncomfortable chair and was told repeatedly, “A major does not equal a Campuses.”

While I was unfortunately not in attendance (instead I was on a tour of Hogwarts Orlando campus’ graduate school program) for Arum’s talk, but I have some knowledge of his book.

I assume he discussed the effectiveness of the college education and if students are receiving their money’s worth at the end of the four years of study—or lack thereof, as Arum may argue.

The Economix blog of the New York Times frequently asks a similar question: is college worth it?  On Nov. 2, however, Economix references a different question brought up in an Investor’s Business Daily article by George Mason Economics Professor Alex Tabarrok.

In his the article, Tabarrok argues that those who ask, is college worth it, are asking the wrong question. Instead, we should be asking, is my college degree marketable?

“Going to college is not enough,” Tabarrok says. “You also have to study the right subjects. And American students are not studying the fields with the greatest economic