Got it. So the solution is for the directional state U’s and the third tier private colleges to either shut their doors completely, or to require that students ONLY major in STEM, accounting, etc.
Do you guys actually KNOW any of the students who attend these colleges?
Fact- nobody is attending third tier college because Dartmouth is too cold and Rice is too hot. These are students who couldn’t get into the first tier colleges (public and private) or who are first gen and/or poor and have no family support whatsoever, so that taking the bus to directional state U and living at home is the only way they’re going to get an education at all.
Fact- a third rate accounting major- who ends up doing tax returns at H&R Block ( a job which neither requires a college degree OR a degree in accounting) is better off than the kid majoring in History how exactly??? The Tax Prep chains near me will hire someone with a GED who can use a calculator; pay is better at the local restaurant down the block since you get tips AND they serve liquor so the tabs are high.
Fact- The issue isn’t with the colleges who churn out marginally educated/highly indebted kids whose degrees are paying out for them. The issue is with the crappy public HS system which graduates 18 year olds reading at a 7th grade level who can’t do algebra.
But sure- easier to blame the history majors soaking up all our national resources.