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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 1834282, member: 1559"] If you look at student enrollment trends, UConn students are fleeing most traditional liberal arts majors and flocking to STEM majors. With the high cost of college and the difficulty finding jobs for many traditional liberal arts majors, it is a rational decision by students. If you look at enrollment trends in the School of Liberal Arts over the past 10 years, traditional LA majors like Sociology, Political Science, History, and English have suffered enrollment declines of 30% to 50%. In contract, LA majors like Biological Sciences, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Physiology and Neurobiology have seen enrollment increases of 38% to 300%. The enrollment in the School of Engineering is up 87% in the past 10 years. In 2005, there were 5x as many Political Science majors than Physiology and Neurobiology at UConn. In 2015, there were more students studying Physiology and Neurobiology than Political Science. In 2005, there were almost 2x as many Sociology majors than Actuarial Sciences majors. In 2015, there are almost 3x as many Actuarial Science Majors as Sociology majors. I support liberal arts education, but when you look at the stats, it makes sense for UConn to be increasing investments in majors that are growing and reducing investments for majors that are declining. [/QUOTE]