BG, you just described the primary problem with our education system.
It used to be a job training program.
It’s now shifted to education for education sake. I can see some potential usefulness of italian cultural studies. Slightly more limited for italian languange or italian literature.
But really, apply this across virtually any culture.
I’m not opposed to education, but I truely believe, 99% of us, need an education in practical skills to allow us to have productive jobs and should reserve the enrichment education to a more modest level of expense.
And when we decide to truely get serious about education, we’ll separate the professional sports farm teams from the colleges.