Do you sometimes feel that Philippine College Education is neglecting the arts?

There are different types of students, and they come from different social classes.

Those from the lower social classes go to school with the primary motivation of making good money as soon as possible. Thus, the nursing courses, and even the caregiver courses.

Those from well-to-do families are not pressured, so they take courses as they wish. That is not to say that ARTS does not pay. On the contrary, the pay is handsome, and those who excel will not find a need to even think of migrating for money. These people travel for pleasure.

I am in advertising and we pay very good money for creative minds. One time I offered a creative director of another agency a salary twice his pay (P5M per annum), plus a brand new European car and a Makati condo unit. Other creative directors who are not "superstars" are paid about P3M a year. Not bad, especially when you spend that money in the Philippines.

No, Philippine College Education is not neglecting the arts. The arts courses have always been there, it's just that the students are neglecting to take these arts courses. But you're right, it's a question of economics.

A person who wants to earn money abroad needs marketable specialized skills in order to survive a brutal global competition, and flourish in that arena. Perhaps the arts courses do not provide those skills. However I don't consider it is bad because there will always be students who will still choose to study the arts courses, even though their number is small.

That's a sad fact in a third world country. Most people pick college courses based more on practicality rather than what they really want. Poverty is causing this in my opinion.

ex. If the salary of teachers here are on par with salaries of teaches abroad, then the amount of students wanting to be teachers would be at least 10 times what it is today. And there would be more parents egging their children to take that.

There is not enough money to NOT neglect the arts.