Many posters on this thread talk about how an education in the humanities "teaches critical thinking". Numerous news items show that this is not the case. The humanities at universities now propound a dogma of anti-capitalism, extreme feminism, atheism, extreme anti-racism. Any deviation from these dogmas is not tolerated.
In today's news (Times of London), students at Middlebury College prevented Charles Murray (author of "The Bell Curve", 1994) from speaking because of his "racist" views. Did any of them read his book? Did any of them research his views? No - someone labelled him a racist and the crowd worked themselves into a violent frenzy. No signs of critical thinking were evident.

Probably many students object to such indoctrination and opt for courses providing real learning.