According to Hackcollege.com, there are 120+ with liberal arts degree programs pumping out 16,000+ grads a year in Texas alone. WHAT KIND OF JOB will they get?
The problem is that our 4 year institutions include degree programs and tracks that lead to nowhere! We need to change the makeup of our post secondary education system such that is produces workers ready for the workplace. Why would the entire University of Texas system need an Art History or Music degree program AT EVERY LOCATION?
Liberal arts should be a part of the jr college system or limited to very specific institutions who specialize there. This liberal arts curriculum that is required in most universities would be "farmed out" to a "feeder system". It would also lessen the burden of student loans on grads and non-grads, as only most people don't actually declare majors until their 4th term or later. If you can't hack it academically in the liberal arts tracks, probably organic chemistry and calculus are NOT going to be your cup of tea later on.
Sure those teaching in those areas would feel they are being relegated to "second class citizens", but honestly, do you think that a professor teaching advanced chemistry or grad level economic theory actually thinks that the guy teaching "Theory of Basketball" is on the same level? Post secondary is where the seimic changes have to occur to fit the new workplace.
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