[Borges]

How sad. Nobody studies English to make a lot of money.

[Jim Noble]

I was an English major in 1972.

I found it very helpful in medical school.

[dgbrown]

My youngest received degrees in English and French. She’s going into her second year of law school. She is doing quite well, but she is not the norm.

[Billthedrill]

Colleges weren't always trade schools, although that's where the money is. "Our purpose here is not to turn men into carpenters, but carpenters into men." That insufferable old commie W.E.B. Dubois was right about that one.

The loss to Western civilization of a wide awareness of its own culture isn't a good thing. IMHO.

[Old Yeller]

Better drop most majors.

[I want the USA back]

This is the academic equivalent of tearing down statues of famous figures. It is destroying history and pride in one’s culture.

[pepsi_junkie]

IF all they want is money-maker curricula than drop everything but STEM, agriculture, and business. Then add in trades like plumbing. And there ya go, paydays for all when the graduate.

Of course, there won't be any teachers or historians or archaeologists (is that STEM?) or, well, lots of things our culture benefits from. Sure stuff like "black studies" is just pointless navel gazing but some other non-lucrative studies pay off in other ways.

[WASCWatch]

English literature can be studied on an independent basis, and groups can be created to study it as a hobby

[rarestia]

Nobody studies English to make a lot of money.

I'd like to caution on such broad brush statements. I have several degrees in English, and I have an exceptionally successful career in IT. I was outearning my peers within 5 years of graduation.

English, esp. written English, is fast becoming a problem in corporate America. In IT in particular, the ability for individuals to form coherent sentences let alone entire emails is becoming very hard to find. My skills are very much in demand, and while hiring on an English background alone may be difficult, the ability to articulate oneself both verbally and in written form is fast becoming a "unicorn" trait among job seekers.

[USAF1985]

Life’s answers are always in the movies…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiRGRvE_Wqg

[bert]

I tried a Netflix show about a college English Department. The professors were tenured and gave the same lectures they gave thirty years ago. No change was allowed.

Dropping the program might be the only way to burn up all the accumulated professorial dead wood

[31R1O]

IIRC Henry Paulson was an english major.