Wall Street Journal EditorialA recent Journal article by Douglas Belkin titled “Should a Student Choose a Major Based on Possible Future Salaries?” raised the question of whether the common advice to "follow your passion" is truly feasible in today's economy, given growing student debt and poorer job prospects for recent graduates. Additionally, the fact that some companies need to hire more workers but cannot due to these difficulties. Critical skills deficits in some fields (particularly the sciences) indicate that different criteria should be used by prospective graduates when selecting college majors, although Carol Geary Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities , is quoted in the article as saying that a college. The major is only a small part of the picture a graduate presents to a potential employer, there is no doubt that certain majors like electrical engineering are more likely to lead to job offers than other majors (like psychology). The idea that you should not follow your passion is anathema to many young Americans, recently repressed by President Obama....