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7 months agoEducation
Opinion | Stop Corporatizing My Students
Mississippi's state auditor, Shad White, proposes tying educational investments to majors that align with workforce needs in the state.
The report by Shad White does not consider the educational value of majors other than their financial potential.
Fields like African American studies, gender studies, and anthropology were dismissed as useless degrees in the report, favoring vocational fields like construction management. [ more ]