"Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines.that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences.colleges and universities should allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. Such concentration is necessary in today's increasingly work-oriented society."
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