Just a quick note: That post takes a pretty liberal view of which degrees are “worthless.”

Given that journalism, fashion marketing, broadcasting, general business, HR, marketing, and communications are all the names of specific fields that require learned skills and provide people with paying jobs, I think it’s pretty absurd to label the corresponding degrees “worthless.” You can say (and I would likely agree) that shorter, cheaper training programs could replace these degrees most of the time, but “bloated” is a far cry from “worthless.”

With some of the others, I’m just not sure. Do people major in foreign languages to become translators / businesspeople who work with foreign countries, or just to waste time in school?

Also, what percentage of the “worthless crap” degrees earned are second majors, done to buttress a core major in a useful way? A political-science degree isn’t of much use on its own, but when you, I don’t know, pair it with a journalism degree and end up working at National Review, it kind of makes sense.