Quote Originally Posted by fj605 View Post
Seems like post-secondary education has become diluted. I don't think you should necessarily be a subject matter expert after a BA/BS but you should be able to hold your own. Cut out the crap courses that have nothing to do with the degree and spend that time on worthwhile courses. I am also a believer that instructors should have real world work experience.
Agreed. I seriously considered minoring in Geology when I was in college. I had zero interest in geology, but it would have only taken like 2-3 more classes to get a minor. I had exactly one geology class to get me that close. I was taking other bullshit classes to fill up credits anyway and though "why not?" I went into college knowing that it didn't matter what I majored in, and never had any intention of pursuing a career in whatever major I chose. If I thought that way, I wasn't the only one; and if people go into college with that mind set, then it's kind of an issue. On the other hand, I went to the cheapest college I could and spent as little time there as possible and never had any student loans to complain about either. The types of jobs I've pursued have asked about my grades, or even where I went, exactly zero times, let alone what my major was.

There are a lot of propped up industries in the world, and college is just another one of them.