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Well, the U was losing money too, first move on the education bubble.... -- `lag 03/22/2018 5:32PM I don't see a problem. Plenty of other schools offer those as a major -- DonHo-kieHi 03/22/2018 1:53PM Lol....Shortsighted bureaucrat idiots ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 03/22/2018 11:26AM "Clearer career pathways?" -- Hokie Chris 03/22/2018 11:12AM Maybe if you'd majored in English, you could've written that script. ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/22/2018 12:09PM Think it might make sense for smaller non-flagship public universities. -- jmanatVT 03/22/2018 11:04AM That's the key, here, I think... -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/22/2018 12:10PM Most states need to shrink their higher ed systems. -- Naelbis 03/22/2018 12:36PM Any support for starting a VT law school? ** -- EDGEMAN 03/22/2018 11:13AM Zero, none.....Last thing the world needs is another law school ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 03/22/2018 11:30AM More CEO's were English majors than any other, or at least -- Hokebury 03/22/2018 10:32AM A key point is getting missed here -- HokieAl 03/22/2018 10:26AM Another key point being missed here is impact it could have -- VTHokie2000 03/22/2018 11:19AM I'm not opposed to the idea. -- hokiehunter07 03/22/2018 10:04AM My original degree was pointless/useless.... -- HokieGator 03/22/2018 10:02AM So basically we need to eliminate the first part of your story. -- hokiehunter07 03/22/2018 10:06AM Had a friend double-major in Mechanical Engineering and English...one of -- Tuckahokie 03/22/2018 09:57AM No surprise there. A technical person that can write? You're hired! ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 03/22/2018 12:12PM My neighbor was top senior in Math, CS and English (IIRC) -- 48zip 03/22/2018 10:42AM A hot chick who gets straight A's sounds suspicious... ** -- `lag 03/22/2018 3:08PM Oh, she was rich, too. Her family owned a mountain of coal. -- 48zip 03/23/2018 07:25AM First answer this: What is the purpose of a university? -- CPRVHokie 03/22/2018 09:50AM Root problem is cost has gotten prohibitive for many majors -- bigbadbird 03/22/2018 09:35AM And I think college and health care have the same root problem -- Tafkam Hokie 03/22/2018 1:20PM I didn't mean to duplicate your post...but we are in agreement. ** -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 09:49AM Sounds like we have similar experience- just not as bad as what is coming -- bigbadbird 03/22/2018 09:50AM Yeah, I was VERY fortunate that my parents could afford to... -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 10:01AM My parents paid for undergrad- we paid for grad school -- bigbadbird 03/22/2018 10:03AM Cool. What kind of graduate degree? -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 10:05AM Wife and I both got MS Tax from Pamplin- somehow -- bigbadbird 03/22/2018 10:06AM This is another example of making colleges about making money vs. learning -- WestyHokie 03/22/2018 09:21AM There is pretty strong evidence that college isn't about learning already -- Tafkam Hokie 03/22/2018 1:15PM I think the insane inflation of the cost of college has made this... -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 09:47AM I actually think your point opposes universities eliminating majors -- WestyHokie 03/22/2018 10:15AM I never suggested that the majors be eliminated. -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 10:30AM Wanting and needing are two things. -- hokiehunter07 03/22/2018 10:20AM Cost has risen due to available funds. -- hokiehunter07 03/22/2018 10:14AM I agree, the inflation isn't sustainable. -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 10:26AM Also - kids are entering school with intent of say- engineering -- bigbadbird 03/22/2018 09:56AM Yes, very good point. That does them no favors. -- MP4VT2004 03/22/2018 10:03AM This is actually what I did in 1982 -- WestyHokie 03/22/2018 10:19AM Any studies out there finding out the overall success of students -- HokieSignGuy 03/22/2018 10:14AM Probably very little difference. Now if you compared grads from... -- EDGEMAN 03/22/2018 10:56AM Yep. Universities are becoming trade schools instead of teaching kids to -- ModerateHokie 03/22/2018 09:47AM It seems like a short sighted decision to me... -- BB Hokie 03/22/2018 09:13AM How do you feel awarding a degree in "Women's Studies" does for... -- EDGEMAN 03/22/2018 11:12AM I think any major can prepare someone for life and the real world -- BB Hokie 03/22/2018 2:15PM As an employer and father, I don't really agree -- HokieHutch 03/23/2018 10:26AM I think the personal finance class could benefit the university later -- EDGEMAN 03/22/2018 2:57PM I'll agree with you 100% on personal finance class of some sort -- Late 80s Hokie 03/22/2018 11:18AM If they don't need to know calculus, why teach them algebra or geometry? -- EDGEMAN 03/22/2018 11:48AM A foreign language can be helpful in the workplace -- VTHokie2000 03/22/2018 12:20PM Now admittedly, it doesn't happen MUCH, but I do find myself actually using -- Late 80s Hokie 03/22/2018 11:57AM I suggest that calculus is nothing more than algebra and trig. -- EDGEMAN 03/22/2018 2:52PM Your infinite series of posts is so derivative. Try to be a more integral -- jmanatVT 03/22/2018 4:21PM BSCE. Got a lot from college liberal arts. -- TomTurkey 03/22/2018 09:32AM Very silly to eliminate majors unless students simply aren't enrolling -- typed by ben 03/22/2018 09:00AM Well said ** -- MAHokie69 03/22/2018 09:07AM But what would UVa-BC do with Anthropology? ** -- vt90 03/22/2018 08:13AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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