From the University Herald: The Department of Education Just Proposed a Rule That Could Cut Federal Aid to Thousands of College Programs. Here's How It Works.
The April 17 NPRM Establishes a Single Earnings Test for Every Postsecondary Program in America — From Culinary Certificates to Law Degrees — With Federal Student Loans at Stake for Programs Whose Graduates Don't Earn Enough
This is, if memory serves, basically the same test given for for-profit schools. It was instituted because some administration (Obama?) decided that some programs were just scams. The usual suspects got a carve out. If you were a "regular university" you got a free pass. This facilitated stuff like the various studies majors, and the other insane degrees.
Hat tip to Clayton Cramer, who sums up my take on degrees that don't pay for themselves.
Is there value in programs that do not contribute to a decent paycheck? Certainly. But the government need not subsidize a program that satisfies your desire to learn about Victim Studies.
There used to be a lot of talk about how Germany (and maybe a few other European countries) pay for college educations. I'm not sure what the current situation is, but 30 years ago, Germany didn't pay for everyone to go to college.
If you scored high enough on test taken, basically at the end of high school, AND you were going to major in something the Germans felt was worthwhile, (i.e. engineering, pre-med, etc.) then they would pay for your education. If you didn't score high enough, or you wanted to major in something they didn't care about, you didn't get free tuition.
Of course that was before Germany decided to destroy their industrial base by making electricity expensive and unreliable at the same time.
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