The value of a college degree has been called into question lately — and for good reason.

Parents might be shocked to learn what they’re paying for.

At the New School in Manhattan, a four-year private university where the $60,240 tuition doesn’t cover housing, students at the university’s Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts can learn “How to Steal.” 7

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Noting the sociology seminar is not about “petty crime,” the course catalog explains it is an exploration of “the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of theft in a world where accumulation is sacred, dispossession is routine, and the line between private property and public good is drawn in blood.”

It includes field trips to “places where capital is hoarded and value is contested” — like museums, banks and even grocery stores.

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