This article says nothing and uses a lot of words to do it.
Lollipopsaurus on
I think the primary problem is that from a loan perspective, we treat all college degrees as providing equivalent opportunity when that has never been the case.
smc733 on
Trash article by a professional doomer:
> Sean Carlton is an author and farmer who writes about collapse, institutional failure, and what life looks like after systems stop working.
SpicySilhouette- on
The promise died the moment tuition skyrocketed while wages stayed flat. College became a debt trap, not a ladder.
WiggleWarfare on
Public universities were supposed to be affordable. Now they’re indistinguishable from private schools in cost.
NeverLookBothWays on
The promise is still there, the barrier to entry is high, unless going with community college which is perfectly fine.
High end professions however are tough to get into for most people however without taking on substantial personal debt.
Redtex on
Well, It went from the ideal that “people will learn more to broaden themselves to enrich and further their lives” to “What’s best for the company”and “I want more than my neighbor” somewhere in the past 50 years. Greed became king and a religion of it’s own
Diskonto on
Just going to let functional illiterate people write their work because they thought of it. Ignore any historical context. A lot of laughing while they blow up Venezuela and take over Greenland.
They won’t benefit from this atrocities they are gleefully inflicted. A lot are cooks and janitors construction workers who are getting screwed but have no class conscious.
DJBreathmint on
It’s still a ladder, as long as you understand that unless you go to a top ten school, where you go doesn’t matter. I work in higher ed and the data is very clear— the outcomes are the same unless it’s a top ten school.
I tell students to go to a state school and take out as little debt as possible. I’m in a state with a very good scholarship program for our state schools. Students can frequently go and come out debt free.
earthmann on
What a joke of an article. College rocks. Should it be cheaper, yea? You know what costs more than going to college? Yep- not going to college. On average, the outcomes are clear.
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This article says nothing and uses a lot of words to do it.
I think the primary problem is that from a loan perspective, we treat all college degrees as providing equivalent opportunity when that has never been the case.
Trash article by a professional doomer:
> Sean Carlton is an author and farmer who writes about collapse, institutional failure, and what life looks like after systems stop working.
The promise died the moment tuition skyrocketed while wages stayed flat. College became a debt trap, not a ladder.
Public universities were supposed to be affordable. Now they’re indistinguishable from private schools in cost.
The promise is still there, the barrier to entry is high, unless going with community college which is perfectly fine.
High end professions however are tough to get into for most people however without taking on substantial personal debt.
Well, It went from the ideal that “people will learn more to broaden themselves to enrich and further their lives” to “What’s best for the company”and “I want more than my neighbor” somewhere in the past 50 years. Greed became king and a religion of it’s own
Just going to let functional illiterate people write their work because they thought of it. Ignore any historical context. A lot of laughing while they blow up Venezuela and take over Greenland.
They won’t benefit from this atrocities they are gleefully inflicted. A lot are cooks and janitors construction workers who are getting screwed but have no class conscious.
It’s still a ladder, as long as you understand that unless you go to a top ten school, where you go doesn’t matter. I work in higher ed and the data is very clear— the outcomes are the same unless it’s a top ten school.
I tell students to go to a state school and take out as little debt as possible. I’m in a state with a very good scholarship program for our state schools. Students can frequently go and come out debt free.
What a joke of an article. College rocks. Should it be cheaper, yea? You know what costs more than going to college? Yep- not going to college. On average, the outcomes are clear.