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China cutting liberal arts and humanities degrees out of colleges and adding tech degrees
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:42 am
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:42 am
US should do the same or we will be falling way behind China in the technology workforce.
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Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:51 am to ItTakesAThief
No need to go that far. Just don’t offer student loans for anything but STEM.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 9:06 am to ItTakesAThief
It's a good move by China and Trump has moved in this direction also.
China needs to figure out where to get young people to enroll in these programs, in the coming decades they will have very high decreasing numbers of young people.
Grok on Trump's trade/technical programs: it list them in detail also. Here is a summary
China needs to figure out where to get young people to enroll in these programs, in the coming decades they will have very high decreasing numbers of young people.
Grok on Trump's trade/technical programs: it list them in detail also. Here is a summary
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Yes — through the 2025 Executive Order and related DOL actions, Trump has actively started/accelerated initiatives to promote and expand trade and technical training pathways specifically to encourage more young people to enroll and build careers in skilled trades.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 9:42 am to lake chuck fan
They figured out what we've known for decades.....a degree in Advanced Underwater Basketweaving is far more useful than any humanities degree.
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 7/2/26 at 11:05 am to ItTakesAThief
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US should do the same
As someone who works at AI company and has been involved in software and tech for nearly 2 decades.
No. That is a terrible idea.
Go read some Iain McGilchrist and get back to me.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 11:15 am to ItTakesAThief
We are behind. China is an amazing place. Nothing like I expected.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:06 pm to TrueTiger
quote:Since student loans pay for the majority of programs, except in the most boutique of schools... this will have the same effect. The schools will themselves cut liberal arts studies, majors and classes.
No need to go that far. Just don’t offer student loans for anything but STEM.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:18 pm to Freauxzen
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As someone who works at AI company and has been involved in software and tech for nearly 2 decades. No. That is a terrible idea. Go read some Iain McGilchrist and get back to me
AI makes those jobs pointless?
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:21 pm to ItTakesAThief
You have it wrong. The last thing the future needs is more people with no knowledge of who they are, where they come from, or what they should stand for. That’s what the humanities is for.
Tech training is fine and dandy and we should expand it… but it takes more than just that to create better thinkers, leaders, and innovators.
Tech training is fine and dandy and we should expand it… but it takes more than just that to create better thinkers, leaders, and innovators.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:25 pm to TrueTiger
So no loans for history, political science, psychology, criminology, economics, business, finance, marketing, accounting and teaching to name a few?
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:26 pm to ItTakesAThief
We have kids graduating highschool that can’t even read. We need to overhaul our entire educational system not just college, it needs to start at the elementary level.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 1:43 pm to Freauxzen
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Go read some Iain McGilchrist and get back to me.
I read his wikipedia page. Interesting thoughts. Thanks.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 1:51 pm to TrueTiger
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No need to go that far. Just don’t offer student loans for anything but STEM.
I've advocated for this for years
Posted on 7/2/26 at 1:52 pm to ItTakesAThief
How can anyone seriously believe these schools of thought don’t contribute to the beauty of America or to the reason we don’t have eight-year-olds working in sweatshops for 30 cents an hour.
It’s baffling.
Every GUI on every device you use is touched by someone outside of STEM. It has to be intuitive, human-centered, and usable. No one wants to live in a world where the default interface looks like straight Linux command line. The arts, humanities, and social sciences shape the world just as much as the engineering behind it.
It’s baffling.
Every GUI on every device you use is touched by someone outside of STEM. It has to be intuitive, human-centered, and usable. No one wants to live in a world where the default interface looks like straight Linux command line. The arts, humanities, and social sciences shape the world just as much as the engineering behind it.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 1:56 pm to SpqrTiger
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You have it wrong. The last thing the future needs is more people with no knowledge of who they are, where they come from, or what they should stand for. That’s what the humanities is for.
This is exactly right.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 1:58 pm to The_Duke
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How can anyone seriously believe these schools of thought don’t contribute to the beauty of America or to the reason we don’t have eight-year-olds working in sweatshops for 30 cents an hour.
It’s baffling.
Every GUI on every device you use is touched by someone outside of STEM. It has to be intuitive, human-centered, and usable. No one wants to live in a world where the default interface looks like straight Linux command line. The arts, humanities, and social sciences shape the world just as much as the engineering behind it.
The modern USA college? It is a progressive nightmare. I worked in Higher Ed for a decade and if it dies, it dies. It needs reform. Focus on STEM and trade jobs.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 2:02 pm to aubie101
It's my opinion that liberal arts schooling should happen at the high school level like it used to be back when the US led the world in education metrics. That began to fall off when they removed it from the curriculum around the time we began educating knob turners for the industrial revolution. Now we are way down the list.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 2:04 pm to ItTakesAThief
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US should do the same or we will be falling way behind China in the technology workforce.
You could make an argument that this has already happened
Posted on 7/2/26 at 2:06 pm to aubie101
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Focus on STEM and trade jobs.
Sure. But that doesn't mean we should ignore all other fields of study.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 2:09 pm to COAUTiger
Pretty stupid to do so
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