unless you are going for engineering, law, or medicine,
Some variant on STEM discipline,
I just don’t think college is necessary any more.
The rest is “Finishing School” if you wish
Call it what it is...
Not only not necessary, not helpful.
Student loan debt, loss of four years that otherwise could be put to good use, and indoctrination with bad mental health habits such as habitual resentment and a victim mentality, are all handicaps that would best be avoided.
I guess I'm in the minority in that I went to college, not to train for a job, but to get an education. I just wanted to learn stuff.
My degree is in History and for a while I seriously entertained the thought of going to grad school, getting my PhD, then attending Diesel Driving Academy and driving a truck for a living.
Not everyone goes to college for money. Some go to learn.
If we only have college for STEM and got rid of everything else, we’d have a very stupid civilization who knew nothing of history, ethics, literature, political science, and philosophy.
The ancient Greeks thought that stuff was quite important. So did people during the Renaissance. The reformation movement was lead by artists and philosophers. America’s founding fathers were philosophers. Philosophers don’t always make much money, but they change the world more than anyone who does have money.
Some call it finishing school, some call it four years of partying.