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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ... by laurels-marts on Saturday August 12, 2023 @12:20PM (#37101734)
Most of these sound more like job titles than degrees. There are a few foundational disciplines that are buried in a sea of vocational disciplines. What happened to learning the fundamentals and gaining the rest through work experience? Most of these should not exist.
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Re:West Virginia University to drop 32 majors including all ... by ke88y on Saturday August 12, 2023 @11:49PM (#37106514)
> What happened to learning the fundamentals and gaining the rest through work experience?

Why subsidize job training with valuable shareholder capital when you can have universities teach the fundamentals AND teach real world skills?! /s

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