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[QUOTE="lne001, post: 2646031, member: 5473"]
[URL="http://fortune.com/2018/03/21/university-wisconsin-stevens-point-majors-careers/"]Why One University Wants to Drop Its English, Philosophy, and History Majors[/URL]

I think this article portends the future for most American education and universities, and I don't disagree with that direction.  The vast majority of colleges should be gearing its graduates to make a living, and emphasizing STEM at UConn is in that vein.  The remaining few very best US schools will do what they have always done, educate our very best minds to carry forth the teaching of the social sciences and fine arts as academicians and intellectuals.

Luckily I graduated in 1969.  Back then I could major in Political Science (because I enjoyed that topic), work for 25 years as a VP in insurance company finance and strategic planning, and retire at 50.  My very favorite single course was Art History, and my life would have been much poorer without it.

What I am trying to say is that the higher education paradigm (and god how I hate that word) has turned upside down and we are struggling with the consequences.
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