Cost of college has wrecked the lives of many young people. COVID has given us the chance to re-think the entire college experience.
To a large degree, college has become just getting a job license. Some need it - science, pre-med, pre-law, business, engineering..../1
To a large degree, college has become just getting a job license. Some need it - science, pre-med, pre-law, business, engineering..../1
...but think of how many good jobs are out there where a college degree offers next to nothing in a benefit. My oldest son definitely needed a college (and masters and PhD) for his career. My middle and youngest? They got their job licenses - I mean college degrees - .../2
...but they would have been far better off, far better trained, if the money spent for college was instead spent to support them during a 4 year apprenticeship in the field of their interest. Switzerland does this, starting in high school. The problem is that companies think.../3
...a job license is necessary to be skilled. It's not true. I remember a couple of decades ago, I was interviewing Bill Clark, Ronald Reagan's national security advisor. In getting his background, I asked "Where did you get your degrees?" And he sounded almost embarrassed.../4
...when he said he never got one, neither undergraduate or law school, and started explaining why that was okay. Before he went too long, I said, "Sir, you're the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. You don't need to justify your education to *me*"..5
...the point being, this "everyone must have a degree" nonsense is a recent development, one that harms many younger people, exacerbates income disparities, and - with the exception of what I mentioned above - literally accomplishes nothing other than drive people into.../6
...careers that might have been determined not by their skills, but by their finances.
How did this happen? College became a business. Businesses created captivity to college. If you want to learn any field, absolutely, you should. I would have taken my college classes to...7
How did this happen? College became a business. Businesses created captivity to college. If you want to learn any field, absolutely, you should. I would have taken my college classes to...7
...learn how to think, because there is a benefit to that in my profession. But think of how many jobs are about skill-sets the colleges provide next to no additional benefits for than an apprenticeship would.
It's time for the entire concept of college to be rethought.../8
It's time for the entire concept of college to be rethought.../8
...because we should not be forcing young people into financial devastation simply so they can have a job license that literally does nothing to improve their abilities at a job.
Makes college less a necessity outside of certain fields. It would benefit everyone.
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Makes college less a necessity outside of certain fields. It would benefit everyone.
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