[JoeFromSidney]

I disagree. My undergraduate degree was in physics. I attended a liberal arts college, and resented all the liberal arts courses I had to take: history, economics, composition, literature. Over the 60+ years since then, I've had a successful career as an engineer. However, I've been grateful for all that "stuff" I had to take. It made a big difference in my life outside of work. If kept me from being a one-track individual. I strongly recommend a liberal arts education even for science/engineering/medicine majors.

[Grimmy]

My contention is that there are other ways to get that fluff stuff besides having it mandated as part of the original degree required for employment.

Cut the mandatory and you cut the bloat which feeds the idiocy that’s dominating our colleges and universities now.

Have separate schools for “personal enrichment” that people can spend their income on *after* they enter the workforce as a hobby, if they’re so motivated.