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Should a history major pay more for college than a science major?
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 11:13 AM
Monday, November 05, 2012
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I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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17 Comments:
I don't think schools should be able to change the cost of tuition for different majors. People may go for the majors that will be less money and that can aid in payment, but what happens to the other majors that will cost more? I think people will stop doing these majors that cost more and then there will be a lack of people for jobs that are tied to that major.
3:30 PM
I believe that this plan is a good idea, but should not be a law. The school should be able to enforce it if they feel it is necessary.
By the way, I really hate the "please prove you're not a robot" it's driving me insane...
4:34 PM
I understand what they're trying to do with having the discounts for people studying topics in high demand, to lure them in or whatever, but I disagree with it. It's really not fair for the people that would be paying more for their tuition just because it isn't in high demand. Like Nick said, people might stop doing those majors and then there wouldn't be enough people for those. I think this would end up going back and forth. As in an area previously lacking in students, like science would get enough, but then the areas they left from would be lacking, and they'd have to make the fees for those less and then science majors and whatnot more. And it would keep going back and forth. Hope that made sense...
4:38 PM
Jo,
???? Regarding your robot comment.
5:23 PM
it is just insane! how could they do that????? just a bunch of dumb people making dumb ideas to get attention....
5:28 PM
I don't think that this is a good system. That is unfair to the people who aren't as rich so it may be too difficult to pay for the more expensive majors in that case. And then another thing to consider is, what if when the majors that were in need weren't as in need when those people graduate so they have problems finding a job? I agree with Nick when he says that people will most likely stop doing the more expensive majors. Then you may have someone who doesn't like their major but they may have financially needed to take the less expensive major.
5:31 PM
If they're going to lower tuition rates, why not lower tuition rates for EVERYONE? It's not fair to only lower tuition rates for some people. What if students end up going for a major that they didn't really want to just because it costs less? Not cool. Especially when we're in an economy like this one...
5:46 PM
I don't think this is fair because it is a basically a bribe to study majors in high demand. This would result in people being more inclined to take those classes but they may be unhappy with their career.
6:13 PM
I think it would be too difficult for the government to predict the job market. We would end up with an oversupply in certain areas considered "high demand". The students need to make their own decision, looking ahead at the job outlook for their study.
6:16 PM
Not fair at all for people who want to major in history but are limited financially. I would be devastated if I couldn't study the major I'm passionate about and would change my future career.
PS Elections tomorrow are going to awesome and Happy Guy Fawkes day!
8:59 PM
When you publish a comment on the blog it requires you to read and input a displayed numbers and scrambled skewed letters with the text above saying "please prove that you are not a robot" which protects the site from being cyberly attacked by computer bots. Sometimes some of the letters are completely illegible and hard to read which is frustrating . Haha
9:06 PM
Making certain fields of study more expensive than others can lead to some majors being 'better' than others based on the fact that they were popular/needed at that time. This can also lead to people doing a field of study that they are not passionate about which causes people to not do as good as a job as others who are passionate about what they do. Also, jobs that aren't in high demand will become overlooked and then become a high demand later on creating an endless change of high demands.
9:24 PM
I do not like this at all because now it makes me think personally of what i should major in now. It was hard enough trying to figure out what you are interested in, but now its seen that some majors fees are less just because it is in high demand. We are gonna end up doing things just for money now instead of what we really want to do for a profession.
9:49 PM
I would have to see the complete schedule for all classes to determine the bottom line net for the school before commenting on whether or not this is an issue of profit. If its not a question of increased revenue for the schools, it is very unfair to have different charges for majors especially if there is no cost difference to the school.
10:33 PM
I would have to see the complete schedule for all classes to determine the bottom line net for the school before commenting on whether or not this is an issue of profit. If its not a question of increased revenue for the schools, it is very unfair to have different charges for majors especially if there is no cost difference to the school.
10:33 PM
The government is not in the business of predicting the job market. It's much to slow at adapting to change, and politicians are not employers. To use the example from the article, it's good that they didn't lower tuition for architecture majors during the housing boom, otherwise that 11% unemployment rate would be double that. Republicans like to call this "picking winners and losers".
While Florida might be lacking in STEM graduates (blame K-12 schools for that), the rest of the country is certainly not. China and India are producing plenty of "left-brained" STEM grads that are willing to work for far cheaper than some Florida grad that expects a six-figure salary out of college just because he/she is an engineer. The U.S. can only succeed in the global business market with innovation and creativity, something the Chinese don't have right now because of their rigid adherence to math and science above all else. This requires more focus on "right-brained" areas such as the arts and social sciences.
Making other majors more expensive simply disadvantages those with talent who don't have much in financial resources, and will therefore have to go into a STEM major he/she will not succeed in. The government is not in the business of picking your career, it is the student's responsibility.
10:54 PM
A higher tuition depending on what major you have would limit students from doing what they are best yet and aspire to do. Art is already not greatly looked upon by a lot of people in our society. People would debate on its pointlessness, becoming an artist is not the easiest thing, and most artist will live in sort of poverty for part of their life. Choosing a future as an artist is difficult enough to add the expenses of college. Art should be promoted if not equal to other sciences and mathematics. Someone could be prevented from doing what they are best at or what they want to do because of money issues. Tempering with college tuition to a certain major would tarnish our country known for equality.
4:36 PM
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