{"id":2018174,"date":"2023-08-31T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-double-majoring-helps-students-cultivate-expertise-overcome-biased-professors\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:21:32","slug":"how-double-majoring-helps-students-cultivate-expertise-overcome-biased-professors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-double-majoring-helps-students-cultivate-expertise-overcome-biased-professors\/","title":{"rendered":"Double majoring enhances students&#8217; expertise and empowers them to overcome biased professors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-double-majoring-helps-students-cultivate-expertise-overcome-biased-professors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why Double Majoring is the Key to\u2062 Success in College<\/h2>\n<p>Undergraduate degrees in Gender\u200b Studies and \u2063Creative Writing have always been dubious ventures. They tend to be prime examples of \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-disturbing-reports-of-college-professors-selling-american-secrets-to-china\/\" title=\"5 Disturbing Reports Of College Professors Selling American Secrets To China\">higher education system<\/a> that has\u200c lost its way and, in the process, \u200cinfected the rest of America\u200c with an anything-goes approach to morality and language.<\/p>\n<p>But going to college is still worthwhile because there is\u200d no substitute for\u200b the benefits of a rigorous education. The differentiator in getting a &#8220;useless\u200b degree&#8221; versus one that sets graduates up for success is <i>how<\/i> students choose to structure their academic paths, and I have advice for today&#8217;s college \u200cstudents: The best thing you can do for yourself is to double major.<\/p>\n<p>Minimizing the number of elective courses \u2014 optional classes \u2063students take out of interest that do not contribute to fulfilling a \u200cmajor \u2014 in order to\u2064 complete \u200ca second major is\u200b the best corrective action students can take to help themselves. Double majoring endows students\u200b with the\u2064 independent reasoning and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-we-are-the-majority-here-are-ideas-on-what-we-can-do-moving-forward\/\" title=\"Remember We Are the Majority \u2013 Here Are Idea\u2019s On What We Can Do Moving Forward\">critical thinking skills<\/a> they need to graduate\u2064 and establish a\u2062 career. And, it is one of the few choices\u2064 they have complete agency over in America&#8217;s failing education sector.<\/p>\n<p>Double majoring exposes students to new ways of thinking where individual professors and departments fail. \u2062When students \u2063pursue an <a href=\"https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/econ\/interdisciplinary\/why.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interdisciplinary education<\/a> by double majoring, \u200dthey acquire knowledge about two independent\u200b fields of research with distinct \u2062methods and approaches for understanding the world. Through that interdisciplinary\u200c process, double majoring\u2062 reveals to \u200dstudents that methods, theories, and debates in any field are constructed and must always be interrogated. Interrogative habits\u200d augment\u200c students&#8217; abilities to synthesize, question, and investigate their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the process of studying two different fields trains\u2064 students to think critically \u2014 a powerful antidote to \u200drepulse indoctrination and spot gaslighting. In today&#8217;s highly politicized\u2062 classes, students may think\u200b what they are \u200dbeing told is the only true \u2064way to understand the world. However, double majoring enables students to pull back the curtain on academia and &#8220;recognize bias.&#8221; That skill empowers students \u200cto bear\u2063 witness to their professors&#8217; biases and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-double-majoring-helps-students-cultivate-expertise-overcome-biased-professors\/\" title=\"Double majoring enhances students' expertise and empowers them to overcome biased professors.\">limitations including restrictively niche \u200bexpertise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH:\u200c The Dr. \u2062Jordan B. Peterson Podcast<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>For the last 30 years, \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10648-009-9113-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international research<\/a> has demonstrated that interdisciplinary learning\u2064 augments individuals&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/ijbel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/BUS-91.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cognitive abilities<\/a> to navigate through complex information\u200c or\u2064 situations in both school and \u200cwork undeterred by bias or contradicting ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Incoming students\u200c are \u200dpart of Generation Z, whose test scores in math\u2064 and reading are <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=23520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plummeting<\/a> \u2064 to levels not seen in decades. Public high school \u200deducation has\u200b failed to prepare them \u200cfor higher education and <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=23819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ideology-driven<\/a> college curriculum preoccupied with equity is not\u2064 going to \u200bclose the gap. \u200bDouble majoring will not fix everything wrong with higher education&#8217;s leftward drift from intellectual inquiry to activism, \u200cbut it is part of the \u200dsolution to make young Americans more fit to persevere through academic biases and thrive \u2063in their\u200b careers.<\/p>\n<p>For example, take\u200d two departments that seem nearly identical: Anthropology and Sociology. Most people could not explain the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/education\/sociology-vs-anthropology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">difference<\/a> between them, so the benefits \u200dof that double \u2063major combination can appear negligible. Now, imagine an anthropology\u200d professor who went \u200babroad to study a tribal village with\u2064 more than two \u200bcategories \u2062of gender. Imagine that the professor is now back in the classroom telling students to forget everything they know about the \u2062differences \u200bbetween men and women because this one example proves biological reality wrong. A student in that class who opposes \u200dgender ideology, but is also studying sociology, will know that \u2064other methods for studying people exist including statistical \u200band historical research. This tribal village is \u2062probably not the answer to the gender\/sex debate.<\/p>\n<p>Gender\u2063 ideology and other leftist theories lose their power on\u2063 campus when students have the vocabulary and capacity to look beyond\u2062 them.<\/p>\n<p>These skills cultivated by double majoring make \u2064students more employable\u2062 as well.\u200b One <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3629869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> published in Columbia Economic Review finds that double major graduates earn more\u2063 than \u200bemployees who only had one major. Even students majoring in two arts or humanities departments\u200d (think Gender Studies and Creative\u200b Writing) make more than single arts or humanities majors. That&#8217;s not surprising because two majors double the areas in which\u200b students can demonstrate expertise on a resume and it gives them the cognitive processing skills to\u2064 handle more complex jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Surveys show that\u200b employers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/education\/231740\/ways-realign-higher-education-today-workforce.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desperate<\/a> to find workers who can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/career-advice\/resumes-cover-letters\/skills-employers-look-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adapt or problem-solve<\/a> through competing ideas and interconnected information because higher education \u2064is not teaching students to be independent critical thinkers. That&#8217;s what double majors prepare students to accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>These benefits make double majors \u2064more valuable than excessive\u200c amounts of frivolous electives like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursicle.com\/usf\/courses\/COM\/4931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney &#038; Pop Culture Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/history.ku.edu\/featured-courses-hist-364-chris-forth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angry White Male Studies<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2022\/04\/22\/fact-check-westminster-colleges-porn-class-still-listed-website\/7410820001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FILM-300O: Porn<\/a>. Students \u2063are better\u2064 off taking as few \u2062electives as possible to make room for a second major. Yes, electives expose students to new interests or passions, but collectively they do not marshal expertise the way a major does through \u200bthe succession of increasingly complex course sequences. The simultaneous\u2064 cultivation of expertise in two fields of knowledge unlocks new critical thinking skills and intellectual interests for students they may\u2062 not otherwise acquire.<\/p>\n<p>College degrees are still valuable\u2064 when students\u2062 know how to make the most \u200cof\u2062 them. My advice: Double major!<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/profile?pid=6097122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zachary Marschall<\/a> is editor-in-chief \u200cof the Leadership Institute&#8217;s Campus Reform and an adjunct, assistant professor at the University\u2063 of Kentucky.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are \u200bthose of the \u2062author and do not necessarily represent those of \u2064The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>provides valuable opportunities for personal growth, critical thinking, and acquiring essential skills. While some degree programs may raise concerns, the overall benefits of higher education outweigh these issues. 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