Of course. But if you read the words of the genius "social scientist" that wrote this article, he's concerned with promising future degree holders in the fields of "art and history" being thwarted early on.
Really!? Do we really need more history and liberal arts majors than we have already? The job market would seem to indicate that we have a huge glut. And historically, many excellent artists haven't necessarily had a lot of schooling anyway. You don't need to pay extortion money to the education establishment to get an art "degree" in order to be a world class artist.
My take is that people can major in whatever they want to. But, somewhere along the way, someone should counsel them on the probablility of making $X/year with degree Y. If, after that, they still want to pay the $$ for a meager return, its up to them.
I’m a computer science professor, and I constantly see kids leaving the major for “easier” ones (like Elementary Education). For some, it’s a good decision because they can’t hack CS. For others, it’s sad because they can do the work, but just don’t want to.
Even a history major CAN learn skills that can help them in any number of jobs—the most important being how to think critically and communicate. Unfortunately, too many degrees have become dumbed down vehicles for political indoctrination.