[quote=bubble_contagion]She should have studied science, engineering or medicine. To make the US more competitive, financial assistance and scholarships should be limited to these majors only. Tuition and fees should be reduced for these majors and increased for all others.
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Actually, the opposite is happening. UC Santa Barbara is charging a surcharge for science and engineering majors.
Personally, I think the answer is twofold: First, require all Lib Arts majors to take a career development class by their sophomore year, so they can start developing skills that will make them employable. Second, reduce faculty in Lib Arts and increase class size to compensate. Not to be punitive, just because universities have to cut costs going forward. Making Lib Arts majors a little less “friendly” might discourage lazier students from getting useless degrees just by inertia.
