I never did understand why someone would major in sociology, history, etc. except that they liked the subject. You’d think they’d pick a major that would help them land a job. My guess is that a fairly high percentage of college graduates who are underemployed majored in these or similar subject areas.
When I was in school, we Engineering majors were derided as unimaginative losers who were only motivated by future earning potential.
To which we responded, “And your point is...?”
Why would anybody go to school for any other reason than to get a better job someday?
When our universities concentrated on stuff like engineering, medicine, technology, and advanced business, a lot of things were just fine and a lot of students were the best of the best and cutthroat, which is what made our country powerful. Then universities became playgrounds for the idle rich with too much time on their hands, the schools became more about a cause than an education, we started to slip. I wonder, if parents alone had to pay for schooling and there were no substantial student loans, how many students would get away with running amok instead of learning something valuable.
Back in my day a liberal arts degree didn't just teach you an area of concentration; it would teach you how to think critically, reason logically, do research, and write coherent reports with proper citations. You were also required to get exposed to a variety of disciplines: language, science, philosophy, as well as the arts.
Now, instead of learning how to think for yourself, you are indoctrinated in liberal theories, and as long as your student loans come in on time and you parrot back what your professors preach, you get to "earn" a degree in things like transgender feminist studies or post-modern socialism.