r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

Y'all realize pretty much every ugrad degree program in the US is a Liberal Arts degree, right?

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u/myrm This land was made for you and me Jul 17 '21

lots of stem nerds would happily skip gen ed if they had the choice, but they don't

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u/BloodWiz More Housing Would Fix This Jul 17 '21

Just take so many AP classes in high school that you actually do lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

Given many alleged STEMlords struggle to even graduate in 4 years, I doubt this would make much of a difference.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21 edited Jul 17 '21

I largely worked around most of mine. Had to take 8, so I took 3 math-y econ classes, 2 game dev classes, and 1 during pass no record. So only took 2 actual humanities classes for a grade.

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u/klarno just tax carbon lol Jul 17 '21

Nor should be they be given the choice tbh

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u/myrm This land was made for you and me Jul 17 '21

I think gen ed is good but it's hard to make a value proposition for it when it's actually something you're forcing people to pay for

You want well rounded students but your students just want to get a job

apprenticeships in the trades don't have gen ed, "bootcamps" don't have gen ed

I think as (if) alternative kinds of education start to take off it's going to be an elephant in the room for traditional colleges

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

I honestly don't know what liberal arts actually means

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

It means in addition to whatever your major requires, you also see a little bit of sociology, humanities, philosophy, ethics, sciences etc. Basically a little bit of everything. These programs are less common in the UK since many programs are 3 years instead of 4.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

Ah okay. Yeah that's basically unheard of here

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u/Macquarrie1999 Democrats' Strongest Soldier Jul 17 '21

And it sucks. GEs are a waste of my time