Meta-Majors, Sampler Platters, and Sneaky Ambition

By Matt Reed. High-toned liberal arts colleges often like to have interdisciplinary freshman seminars. Community colleges generally can’t, partly because our definition of “freshmen” is more heterogeneous -- does the freshman year start at enrollment, or when developmental classes are done? what about for dual enrollment students? -- but mostly because anything interdisciplinary often won’t transfer. More...