Byron Donalds: “At the university level, what I think we need to start…”

“And we need to help our young people understand what their strengths and their passions are and help them be on a pathway to economic success, whether that's direct to the workforce, whether it's the college system or the university system. At the university level, what I think we need to start looking at is the economic viability of some of these degrees. Degrees I majored in finance. My wife majored in accounting. Let me just be clear. Our degrees gave us more skills that made us economically desirable and successful in the marketplace than a journalism degree.” (55:41–55:48)

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