[Vor Lady]

My husband says college is over rated and he has three degrees (BS in Engineering Physics; MAM; MDiv), none of which he uses in his current job (computer programmer/developer).

[ken21]

at albertons’ deli i met a mexican kid recently graduated from a california high school that did not know

what one-third of a pound is.

he said that recently customers had taught him what one-quarter and one-half of a pound are.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

Replace classwork with a beatch of a final exam for each course. It gives the student an incentive to learn the material.

[WayneS]

So, based on the recently released statistic showing that on average, only 53% +/- of U.S. college students earn a four year degree within SIX years, the “three year degree” will take what, 4.5 years for HALF of all students to obtain?

[NMEwithin]

I recently went back to college for my second degree and I thought it was a joke. It was like being in High School but with more Marxism...

[Le Chien Rouge]

The Realities of ‘College Education’:

1)Keys to success in world has nothing to do with a degree

2) Who you know and who you ‘blow’—access to capital whether family, friend, political connections etc

3) Very few ideas are original, most success comes from improving on existing ideas

4) Nearly(not all) all training for ANY career could be done through much cheaper methods than the over priced four year college

5) Stop putting a bachelor degree on a pedestal to be worshiped

My college degree hangs over my toilet as a daily reminder of these realities.

[rightly_dividing]

Nearly(not all) all training for ANY career could be done through much cheaper methods than the over priced four year college

I have said that for years. Also, have said that college is not about preparing people for careers, it is for breeding new liberals.

pray for our nation, and our children.

[Bull Man]

I'm a professor of Humanities at a 4-year college. Here's the best idea of all - just give them the degree after paying the tuition upfront. More and more classes are taken on-line which is a tragedy of complicity (administration like it because it is cheap...students like it because it is easy...and faculty like it because it requires little work). So let's just cut to the chase, and save everyone the fraud of wasting time but looking productive. Would you like fries with that degree...?

[MamaTexan]

The general requirements of the first two years at most colleges are what high school should have been.

My twin girls will be starting dual credit courses at their high school next year, and will take as much of their credit courses as they can though the local community college.

My sister has a double Nursing/Business doctorate, and has mentioned several times how much BS work is involved in a degree.

[AD from SpringBay]

The general requirements of the first two years at most colleges are what high school should have been.

I absolutely agree. Have you noticed the rise of the 'Community College'? Education has become a growth industry and the community colleges are becoming High School II offering 'developmental' courses in everything from study skills, English, and basic math. How do the kids get high school diplomas without understanding basic math and how to write a complete sentence? Has anybody ever done a study on how much money is paraded as opportunities for the 'at risk' young adults?

[Kevmo]

Sounds like I’m close to the same page as this author.

Proposal for the Free Republic High School Diploma.
Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:35:26 PM · by Kevin OMalley · 34 replies · 1,603+ views
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