“Why are school officials, virtually all of whom have college degrees and most of whom have advanced degrees, so lacking in common sense?”
Simple fact answers the above question: The education department is the habitat for the bottom 10% of the IQ spectrum in universities.
True for the ‘professors’ and for their students.
The usual downward progression for the bottom 10% is:
1. Pre-law, mre-med, science or engineering major, but advised to transfer to English.
2. English major, but advised to transfer to Journalism.
3. Journalism major, but advised to transfer to education.
PS The collectivism index rises as the downward progression through the hallowed halls of the “Academented” occurs.
It is said that 120th Street in New York City's Morningside Heights is the widest street in the world--it separates Columbia Teachers College from the rest of Columbia University.
You forgot the transfer from Engineering to Business. Lots of my classmates did that at Purdue. Most are probably making more money than I am now.
Also I would put PreMed first and PreLaw after Engineering. Depending on the Science it could be put ahead of PreMed (especially Physics).