Not directly related to the article but I have noticed this tendency that in countries where education is tuition-free the proportion of STEM students to libera

Not directly related to the article but I have noticed this tendency that in countries where education is tuition-free the proportion of STEM students to liberal arts student seems actually higher. I haven't found good enough data for comparison for this but I do find it a little curious that there are so many English majors in a country where getting a degree is quite possibly the second most expensive thing you will ever do in your life. Meanwhile countries that provide universal access to education often seem to have a glut of engineers.