Mark Copelovitch
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Also, again, there's mountains of data on the "useless majors" vocational approach to higher ed & how blinkered & limited it is as a way to understand the value of college education & college degrees:
So. Much. Data.
The "useless majors" thing is the sort of lazy, uncurious, shortsighted, false narrative that, in fact, makes the case for the liberal arts.
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is as strong as ever.
news.wisc.edu/new-data-on-...
The "useless majors" thing is the sort of lazy, uncurious, shortsighted, false narrative that, in fact, makes the case for the liberal arts.
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is as strong as ever.
news.wisc.edu/new-data-on-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Also, again, there's mountains of data on the "useless majors" vocational approach to higher ed & how blinkered & limited it is as a way to understand the value of college education & college degrees:
Reposted by Mark Copelovitch
Also 👇🎯💯.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Also 👇🎯💯.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
Also 👇🎯💯.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Also 👇🎯💯.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
Kevin's written before: if we're applying the customer model to higher ed, the <employers> are the customers, & the students are the <product>.
But let's simply not do this & instead educate students. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is greater than ever.
Reposted by Mark Copelovitch
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
I didn't say it was <good> 😂
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I didn't say it was <good> 😂
Not at all clear that’s a worse contract, sir
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Not at all clear that’s a worse contract, sir