Comment Re: Your Results Will Vary (Score 1) 241
I am honestly very confused about what your point is. In response to another poster,
That poster would be me. Maybe if you read my original post the context would be clear.
Coryoth rebutted that the college was supposed to be about education, not vocational training. You incorrectly assumed that s/he was arguing that college was about creating well-rounded people.
That's the modern reason, where "education" is often synonymous with "well-rounded". I assumed his point was the modern defense, because the vast majority don't go to college anymore just for an "education" with the expectation to remain in Academia. They go there with an expectation of earning a higher-paying job. It's a checkbox on the resume.
The only reason I replied was to point out that the well-rounded person argument isn't one that anyone with a clue seriously makes.
Why? You yourself just said, "requiring students to take classes outside of their major was perhaps a historical anachronism". It's kept around on the "well-rounded" argument, which is essentially what is expressed by many of the people in the article you quoted.