Yeah, we had to read one of his books when I was in college.
Right-and HE’S living proof!! :)
Cut taxpayer funding to colleges.
Fire the left-wing professors as they rarely measure up.
We need to do three simple acts:
1. Pursue a general graduation test for high schools, that allows a kid who has the knowledge level to graduate by the end of the 11th grade, and move on.
2. Develop a one-year college degree related strictly to craftsman skills, requiring no English or science classes.
3. Put responsible people into the state-level oversight position to explain why it would possibly cost $18,000 to attend a state college. Hold governor’s responsible for the screwed-up nature of college cost in their own state.
I have to agree with him. I am shocked. However, knowing where the man comes from as a hard core leftist, I can’t help being uncomfortable. I suspect that ultimately he would prefer that elitists such as himself be in control of who gets into college and who is assigned to trade schools. Eliminate freedom of choice in higher education.
Automobile technicians are in demand to repair the software that now powers our cars
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Alrighty then....
The title is wrong. He’s saying that a Liberal Arts degree is a waste of money, and he’s correct.
I would have done much better in college if I had enrolled there as a grownup.
He’s right, people with a liberal arts degree in most areas have few choices about work. But then, many are seeking the prestige of a college degree regardless of the marketability.
This dates me a little, but my family paid for four years when I was there with the same amount that will get you one year now.
If Robert Reich said the sky is blue, I’d have to go outside in disbelief and see for myself.
aiming for a four-year liberal arts degree
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The four-year period should be cut down to three years for a liberal arts degree IMO.
Isn’t this the guy that makes $300k teaching ONE class at Berkeley?
I hate it when I have to agree with microman Reich...
College isn’t for everyone. Liberal arts degrees are not gateways to prosperity (although liberal arts education is an important part of classical education).
However, while I have not yet read the rest of his opinion here, I daresay he will espouse at least one remedy that is anathema to a merit-based society, where hard work and generated value mean higher income.
reich is a waste of perfectly good air.
If I remember correctly, Reich, when Secretary of Labor, was talking about a massive Federal training program. The program would spin up workers to do a specific job or set of tasks, then re-train them as FedGov saw shifting needs for talent.
In a system like that, college would not work as college is usually self-directed education. The individual picks the major without regard to the needs of the state, if you can imagine! So a student might pick a major like civil engineering when what the nation needs is more environmental scientists.
...... and Reich gets big fat speakers fees from various universities