[Gen.Blather]

“Strip the taxpayer funding out of college education will teach what needs to be taught and not be overburdened with crap.”

My engineering degree required (as I recall) 15 hours of “non-technical, culturally related” classes. I wanted to substitute biology labs. The engineering dean told me, “I’m sorry. The college requires that you take courses that have no use whatsoever. It’s sort of a tax on engineering students so the other colleges get their money out of your time here. That’s why it’s a hard requirement. No engineering student would otherwise step foot in those buildings”

[cripplecreek]

My engineering degree required (as I recall) 15 hours of “non-technical, culturally related” classes.

I guarantee you won't find that kind of crap at Hillsdale college. Granted its a liberal arts college where you won't get an engineering degree but they aren't overburdened with useless crap.

Two of my favorite things about Hillsdale college.

They won't give a teaching degree without a solid 4 year degree to back it up.

They offer the free (Donation suggested) online courses on the constitution and free markets. They aren't credited courses but they're just as good as a classroom time for increasing one's personal knowledge. I highly recommend them for conservatives who want to build an edge when arguing in favor of a constitutional government.

[DarkSavant]

My engineering degree required (as I recall) 15 hours of “non-technical, culturally related” classes. I wanted to substitute biology labs. The engineering dean told me, “I’m sorry. The college requires that you take courses that have no use whatsoever. It’s sort of a tax on engineering students so the other colleges get their money out of your time here. That’s why it’s a hard requirement. No engineering student would otherwise step foot in those buildings”

Every engineer I know used those classes as "padding" during their hard semesters. For my classes, I easily put in four times the effort into engineering than I did into humanities or soft sciences.

the one exception goes to one of my humanities instructors. Though I disagreed with about everything he said, he was a fair and rigorous prof.