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Social sciences gaining favor as a college major
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`Business."
For years, you could almost predict that answer when asking a
college student to name his or her major.
Today, however, that may no longer be the automatic response.
According to a report by the marketing office of Illinois Benedictine
College based on data from the American College Testing Enrollment
Information Service, a growing number of students are electing to
pursue social science degrees.
At Illinois Benedictine in Lisle, for example, the number of
students majoring in sociology and psychology has nearly doubled in
the last four years.
At the University of ...
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