'My colleagues and I are still in shock.' 32 majors marked for elimination at WVU

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52. Nobody is pushing college on kids

WVU is NOT ALLOWING kids - poor kids in a desperately poor state - to take majors of their choice.

Certainly, bare survival, in terms of food, clothing, and shelter, is the first step. Even this first step is becoming impossible for some. Look at the homeless stats. I remember when a grade school education could buy a family (not just an individual) a home and a country cottage. Now, someone is lucky if they can afford a house by the time they're 40, and very few families try to live on one income (unless Daddy is in the executive suite). A bachelor's might be equivalent to a GED now.

We need broadly-educated citizens, capable of critical thinking. By channeling the entire student body into 21st century voc school, we guarantee a caste system in this country, where the important decisions are all made by inherited wealth.

I worked with my hands for many years. Carl Sagan pointed out that in the flower of ancient Greek civilization, people were expected to work with hands AND brains. We need to respect all work, and not make workers be desperate to survive paycheck to paycheck, i.e., "today's students", according to WVU.