Universities shouldn't be able to force students to take nonsense liberal arts courses that have no relation to their major. For example, a STEM or Business major shouldn't have to take a feminist literature course in order to graduate.
As a recent college graduate that had to deal with this, it was infuriating to have to spend money on these nonsense liberal arts courses. The only reason universities force students to take these courses is to indoctrinate them, and because they realize they can milk Pell Grants and Federal loans. These pointless courses can be replaced with courses that actually relate to the student's major, and you could probably eliminate an entire years worth of courses just by getting rid of them (thus turning a 4-year degree into a 3-year degree).
I also fail to understand why universities are able to offer useless majors to students like "Women's studies", sociology, anthropology, philosophy, etc. Universities profit immensely by taking advantage of clueless students, and then these same students wonder why they can't land a job after graduating.
So who teaches- rhetoric, composition, literature, history, and foreign languages?
Guess we'll be getting back to those!
I've been thinking about maybe offering to teach homeschooled students.
I did a great job homeschooling my own.
I like to teach weird stuff, though. Make them think.
For example, I had my daughter watch a video of Hitler giving a speech to point out the way he emotionally manipulated the audience.
Where else can you learn that?
People who can afford to get luxury degrees that serve to purpose can still take the courses.
I definitely see your point. Honestly, that should all probably be taught in high school and elementary school. I don't really see any reason to incorporate those subjects in a university setting. The point of college should be to learn a trade/skill that will allow you to get a job.
No, that's the point of trade schools, which should be revived as part of high school.
Every tradesman should graduate with the ability to do basic bookkeeping, too.
I agree. Trade schools are the way to go right now, and it would be great if we made adjustments to our high school curriculum to reflect that. Though most STEM and business fields require a college degree, which forces students to endure the "woke" courses as well.
I found that the vast majority of these "woke" professors were in the liberal arts department, so cutting off federal funding for these courses would definitely force universities to make a change.