Strange degrees in United States: the taxpayers’ alliance discovers a massive expansion of nondegrees (courses with little or no academic merit). Students, in U.S.A. you could take a degree in adventure education (University of Chichester, 2 years), in equine sports performance, environmental hazards and visual culture (University of Brighton), and many others. And.. many of theese courses are over-subscribed and their graduates are without a job.

Universities have defended degrees labelled ‘non-courses’ by a group campaigning for lower taxes. The Taxpayers’ Alliance has called for subjects like equine sports performance and adventure education - which are both run at universities in Sussex - to be abolished to save public money being spent on providing them. In a report the group said £40 million was spent each year in Britain providing courses it identified as unnecessary.

A member of the alliance said that “If non-courses’ were abolished, all the other students could save more than £100 on their tuition fees or buy an extra pint of beer a week.” Doh! [www.magnaromagna.com - Via: TheArgus]