Yes, paying for a bunch of kids to get some shit degree from aggy and UH has always been a dream of mine.
The other part of that is many of these kids are really, really fucking smart. And I agree, they may not have a full grasp of it at 18, but they should a few years in, for sure. Hard to believe a kid at UT who’s top 5-6%, with bad ass SAT and ACT scores, can’t run some simple finance calcs.
I don’t fully understand this reasoning. We are asking them (largely) to pick a career path for the remainder of their life, or a good chunk of it anyhow, with many of the degree plans. You go into med, law, engineering, accounting/finance with at least an idea that’s what you’re going to try to make a living doing. Maybe general studies/Lib arts gives you more flexibility and more of a choice to decide what you want. Giving them real world actuals of what to expect as a lower-middle of the road employee in their chosen path would be huge in making these decisions. Maybe that does happen (it didn’t for me).