The Benefits of Early Specialization in Higher Education

In England students had to test into a certain course of study in their mid-teen years. In Scotland they could keep trying things, keep sampling through college if they wanted to. An economist found that the early specializers jump out to an income lead because they have more domain specific skills but the late specializers get to do this sampling and when they do pick they have higher match quality. So I think there is value to that sampling period for its own sake as long as it doesn't go on forever.