[piytar]

The real problem is that useful degrees are hard. And far too many college age kids are soft...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

‘swhy I left the Scribbling Profession.

[justlurking]

The real problem is that useful degrees are hard. And far too many college age kids are soft...

And we (as a society) are willing to give or loan them money to "study" for the easy degrees, so they can party for 4 years or more.

[Mouton]

succinct and on point...Kudos.

[TomGuy]

The real problem is that useful degrees are hard. And far too many college age kids are soft...

In the 70s and after, the community college concept grew like wildfire. Too many 'kids' who formerly would have been directed to trade schools were re-directed to community colleges.

Then, more of those same students were coerced into liberal arts/BA/BS programs at regular colleges.

Those colleges (community and regular) lowered standards to maintain the numbers of students in order to get FED and state money.

That has been going on for nearly half a century.

[Hoodat]

Earning an engineering degree was a piece of cake compared to what I actually do at my job. If I do ‘B’-grade work at my job, I don’t get a raise. If I do ‘C’-grade work at my job, I lose my job.

[43north]

“The real problem is that useful degrees are hard.”

I started college in 1969. I majored in science and medicine. It soon became obvious that the slackers who always had time to smoke pot and attend anti-war rallies were education and journalism majors. I have worked every year since I graduated in 1975.

There weren’t any of the totally useless libtard fields of study then as there are now. I refer to them as degrees in “rice pudding”.

A young person would do much better to go to a trade school and learn welding or auto repair instead of racking up $100,000 in debt getting some degree that qualifies them to work as a “barista” at some overpriced coffee shop.

[x]

It was a mistake to make college the chief path to careers. What you’ll see now is more on-the-job training supplemented by online courses and certification exams. That will work better for a lot of people.