Wait a second... I thought EVERY college student had to take at least one hard science? I personally took physics AND chemistry even though I wasn’t going those tracks. MOST ungrads I knew took Biology 101 which was amusing, because those lecture halls were ridiculous.
you mean those courses in womens studies wont help you get a job!
*shocking*!
oh wait! there are always government appointments by democrats to give these people jobs!
I have developed the view that perspective job applicants need to be able to demonstrate three areas of their personality:
Motivation / Discipline
Morals / Ethics
Skills / Education
Unfortunately, Colleges often only address the Education area. And sometimes, not even that area is well covered.
Duh... this is why we can’t find US citizens to fill our IT jobs. We need at least 10 million H1B’s. IT unemployment here in DFW is less than 1.2%. There are very few US born citizens with any degrees or logical thinking skills.
That used to be what a high school diploma meant. Then the left destroyed public schools, so employers started requiring a BA or BS just to ensure they had basic English, science and math skills. Now they've degraded universities to the point that even that doesn't mean they have basic knowledge and skills.
The medieval curriculum centered on logic, grammar and rhetoric. The objective was to train people to think and communicate logically. No wonder it’s called the Dark Ages.
Now, in this age of Enlightenment, learning centers on Diversity. That’s progress.
I was a Chem major. By time I was done, I had minors in physics, math, and German, or was one or two credits shy. And that’s for an undergrad BS in Chemistry (I also double-majored in English/Mass Communications).
Today, I make my living in IT. My ticket to play there was a two-year Associate of Science that has paid off a hundred times better than my Bachelor’s.
College is basically day-care with sex and alcohol for most people.
To be fair, we had a lot of distribution requirements-one year math, two years foreign language, two semesters of literature over and above the first year writing classes, and two terms of “arts” - either music and or applied art or art history. We even had one credit required physed once a week as freshmen! If there are requirements today, look it up- they usually include at least one “gender” class.
This is what we USED to expect from our high school graduates, but now have difficulty obtaining from college grads.
The college graduate, in this technological age, should know mathematics through calculus and statistics, and should know the basics of physics, chemistry, and biology. He should know the basics of computing, and be able to research things online, use word processing, spreadsheets, etc.
He should know philosophy and be familiar with ancient Greek philosophy as well as more modern philosophers, and be able to argue aspects of their theories.
The reason why we have grads who cannot do this, is because our society has decided that EVERYONE should go to college, not just those who can actually master college-level material.
You train people to do a job. You educate people to be good citizens.
They had no business going to college in the first place and would have been better served by learning a trade.
Excellent article. Too bad it had to be excerpted.