<p>I think we are a very long way from such an outcome. My younger son is one of about 15 freshmen majoring in Physics at California State University Sacramento this fall compared to over 700 new Psychology majors. Counting graduate students my older son is one of about 80 Geology majors out of a student body of 27,000 at CSUS. These numbers have remained fairly stable over the years despite the fact that Liberal Arts graduates have encountered increasing difficulty finding employment in their fields in recent years. I think that as long as students can get a BA without taking any more Math than a basic Statistics class, large numbers of students are going to continue to major in Psychology and Political Science. Currently, the fastest growing major appears to be Communications which consists of numerous Liberal Arts classes but apparently no Math or Physical Science courses.</p>
<p>Frankly, I am more worried about the future viability of the Geology and Physics Departments at CSUS which attract few new majors but require expensive laboratories and equipment than i am about the Liberal Arts Departments which produce far more revenue due to their much higher student enrollments and relatively low costs to operate.</p>