> On the other hand, having universities educate for the needs of the economy is one of the stupider, short-sighted things happening now. What to do though? At

> On the other hand, having universities educate for the needs of the economy is one of the stupider, short-sighted things happening now. What to do though? At some point after graduation the students would need to find someone to hire them and pay them a living wage. Even if they graduate without any debt like they might in Europe or other countries, what do they do next? Sure, the economy needs editors, and perhaps history majors could make good managers or programmers with some training, but it would be an uphill battle for them. Most people I know who graduated with a humanities degrees ended up in jobs they hated. They only ones that liked their jobs stayed in the academia. But how sustainable is that, I wonder... At least in US with the govt guaranteeing student loans, there is a perverse incentive for the universities to lie and tell students to apply and that everything will be fine, just so they get their hands on that loan money.