College fees should be much much higher.

[dharh]

pleaserecycle said:

Teeqoz said:

If people continue to choose liberal arts studies, then colleges will continue to offer them. It's not like people who study liberal arts are the only ones at risk of ending up in an unrelated job. 50% of STEM students end up working in non-STEM fields. I get that it's easy to think that liberal arts degrees are completely useless, but I have yet to see any data supporting that.

I think you're mistaking liberal studies, which is a non-specific major, with liberal arts.

Some people just want to go to college and learn shit.  Also, often enough 'liberal studies' is just a 1st year program for people who are as yet undecided on their specific path.

On the overall topic.  I am all for more vocational schools, employers being a little more flexable in their hiring practices.  However, the fact remains that having a college degree shows many things about the perspective employee that companies want.  Perhaps the least of these is that the person is trained in what they might hire them fore.