Bill to mandate disclosure of earnings and graduation rates by major

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@Inpersonal

Although you are pushing too far, Poetgril, I am indeed advocating what you say. I do not think that it is the role of the government to fund “all sorts of studies”.</p>

<p>Governments make decisions about priorities all the time. Why states fund college education? Because it is a public good. The moment the ROI is not there, why should the government invest taxpayer dollars?

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<p>Public schools have art and music classes and sports teams, and it is difficult to calculate an ROI on these activities. Community colleges and recreation departments have continuing education classes for adults that are not job-related. Public libraries stock books that people read for pleasure. How much the government should subsidize educational and cultural programs with no direct economic payoff can be debated, but there is widespread support for having art and music classes in schools and for public libraries.</p>