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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ... by Ekaros on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:21AM (#37097542)
Legal studies seems most surprising for me. I thought that those were the expensive, but cheap to teach subjects. Which would make sense from cost perspective. Optimize the cost to return.
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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ... by public_defender on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:31AM (#37097599)
Probably because it's not a very useful exit. The most successful law school applicants have degrees like history, classics, or math. A degree in legal studies (1) doesn't rank for getting into law school (or if it does, it's clearly not the what law schools want), (2) Looks a little useless/incomplete if you stop after the bachelor and don't go to law school.

FWIW people with 2 or 4 year degrees in law or justice and no other education seem to become probation officers in my experience, so I'm all for WVU sending that one into the ocean.

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