I doubt there is anyone anywhere who has taken on an english major and said "this will make me my first $1,000,000". So why is this common sense knowledge const

I doubt there is anyone anywhere who has taken on an english major and said "this will make me my first $1,000,000". So why is this common sense knowledge constantly peddled around as something "new" in newspapers? Well, the constant supply of graduates with six figures of debt and a degree in medieval basket weaving complaining that they can't find a decent job suggests that this obvious lesson still hasn't sunk in. Besides, not everything in your newspaper has to be new. Oh, and a third thing: it fits in well with the recent "higher education bubble" meme. Higher education isn't overpriced if you do it right, but it is overpriced if you study the wrong things.