I believe it depends on the state.
I don't.
Show me any state that uses lottery funds for higher education?
And while that is not uncommon in elite institutions, especially for high earning research profs, it isn't the norm. Wish it were otherwise.
A lot of people like to talk about "worthless majors" but I don't really know what those are. I know of majors that don't result in high earning jobs but these are still necessary people.
An Ethnic or Gender Studies degree qualifies one to be a cook at McDonalds.
Unless one is independently wealthy, that is the idle rich, an education is a VEHICLE to build a career.
You may think a car on blocks with no engine is really cool, and it may be a classic - but it has no purpose. An education that doesn't qualify a person to do something has no worth.
You know a lot of really good English majors wind up in corporate positions and function REALLY WELL. It doesn't matter what your major is, it matters if you know how to learn.
ROFL - the most absurd of all tropes.
The companies I've worked for always seek out Business, Engineering, Accounting, and other people with practical degrees.
I doubt you could find a dozen liberal arts majors outside of government or academia.