re: The argument that the US college system is largely a scam

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it is MUCH cheaper to provide a humanities education than an education in a STEM field

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Yes and no. STEM degree costs are often offset by research grants/alumni and (especially) vested business donations. Do you think the businesses are just doing it for write offs? They know it costs to train the specialists they need to function, so they subsidize the cost.

STEM isn’t paid for solely by the tuitions of the poor little humanities majors. If they want more help maybe their departments should hustle money like the STEMs have.