Anonymous
01/16/2026 10:13
Subject: Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are idiots if we starve the liberal arts. The obsession with creating worker bees for companies instead of fostering a well-rounded education is bonkers.
Two issues with this statement:
- Well rounded people also become worker bees. Just because someone has a "well rounded" degree in art history does not mean they are going to magically become the CEO of a business.
- Almost all bachelor degrees require gen ed. which creates well rounded people. Example - Penn State, all majors require 45 gen ed credits:
Credits - Requirement
9 - Writing/Speaking
6 - Quantification
3 - Health and Wellness
6 - Natural Sciences
3 - Arts
3 - Humanities
3 - Social and Behavioral Sciences
6 - Inter-Domain courses
3 - United States Cultures
3 - International Cultures
Plus 6 more that can fall into Natural Sciences, Arts, Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences.
+1000
A step in the right direction. Amazingly coming from this administration which I cannot stand. But I give them credit for this. Should have been done a long time back.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 09:36
Subject: Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are idiots if we starve the liberal arts. The obsession with creating worker bees for companies instead of fostering a well-rounded education is bonkers.
The well rounded education doesn’t disappear. Students still need liberal arts requirements to graduate. It just means there’ll be less people who leave undergrad without jobs. If the colleges are upset about this, they should lower their costs.
There are a finite number of jobs. Having everyone be Business Administration majors won't change that. It will just suck most of the joy out of many things
Anonymous
01/16/2026 09:06
Subject: Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
Anonymous wrote:Trump accidentally did something decent.
Federal loans don't pay for college. They pay for the country club experience. Important core education for the nation comes at our community colleges and instate colleges. Cutting funding for private school and OOS country clubs frees up education money for education.
+1.
And helping students focus on degrees that have better than HS graduate salaries also is good, even if accidental.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 08:54
Subject: Re:Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
Maybe the schools can change their pricing structure to reflect future career earnings??? If they can't be treated the same; they shouldn't cost the same.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 08:50
Subject: Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
The article says:
"The Department of Education has finalized a new rule that requires college degree programs to show that their alumni earn more than the average high school graduate to continue receiving federal funds."
IMO the cheapest and best way to work around this is for colleges to help kids get real jobs, possibly add certifications into the curriculum, a teaching degree option, more internships. Not a bad thing.
I expected a worse proposal tbh.
"The Department of Education has finalized a new rule that requires college degree programs to show that their alumni earn more than the average high school graduate to continue receiving federal funds."
IMO the cheapest and best way to work around this is for colleges to help kids get real jobs, possibly add certifications into the curriculum, a teaching degree option, more internships. Not a bad thing.
I expected a worse proposal tbh.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 08:37
Subject: Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
Anonymous wrote:Trump accidentally did something decent.
Federal loans don't pay for college. They pay for the country club experience. Important core education for the nation comes at our community colleges and instate colleges. Cutting funding for private school and OOS country clubs frees up education money for education.
I tend to agree.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 08:23
Subject: Feds end student loans and institutional support for some majors
Trump accidentally did something decent.
Federal loans don't pay for college. They pay for the country club experience. Important core education for the nation comes at our community colleges and instate colleges. Cutting funding for private school and OOS country clubs frees up education money for education.
Federal loans don't pay for college. They pay for the country club experience. Important core education for the nation comes at our community colleges and instate colleges. Cutting funding for private school and OOS country clubs frees up education money for education.