Posted on 12/06/2019 6:23:54 AM PST by karpov
About 40 percent of Americans who enroll in college drop out before earning a certificate or degree. A high percentage of those who drop out are from poor families; they attended K-12 schools where academic standards were low and students who really tried to learn faced peer rejection for “acting white.” Still, some graduate and get into college. Then what?
In The College Dropout Scandal, author David Kirp, an emeritus professor of public policy in the University of California-Berkeley’s Goldman School, argues that what happens to those students should be regarded as a national scandal because the colleges that enrolled them often fail to get them “across the finish line” to their diplomas.
And because the dropouts are disproportionately poor and minority, our higher education system is increasing the gap between the haves and the have-nots. Kirp, therefore, believes that our higher education system is not only letting down students but also letting down the entire country.
Professor Kirp, it must be noted, is a political activist who looks at education policy through “progressive” lenses. He served on President Obama’s transition team and helped draft the administration’s initiatives. In his first address to Congress in 2009, Obama set forth a goal of raising America’s “output” of college graduates so that we’d lead the world in this statistic. Kirp and the former president both regard college completion as essential to individual success.
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My eldest son is 20 and when he and his buddies were considering life beyond High School I always told them to take Trade School into serious consideration. You become a licensed electrician, plumber, HVAC, welder... they can make very good money, acquire far less debt, start working earlier. Someone is always hiring, or put out your own shingle and get guys working for you. Plenty of money to be made in the trades (If not more than a BA might get you) and your skills will be very marketable.
My wife has 2 nephews in their late 40’s/early 50’s.
Their Dad is a world class auto mechanic and has retrofitted older cars and then sold them at great prices.
They asked me about college after they finished high school, and their mechanical ability and love of cars is like their Dad’s.
I told them why waste 5 years and get big debts, when they could qualify as car guys doing something they like to do.
20+ years later, they own their own business and contract with car dealers to handle unique problems when they want to work, where and able to say “No Thank You”!
They would have been miserable going to college.
Both fun movies. I usually watch them again when they come on TV, even though I have them pretty well memorized.
Since tomorrow's "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day...
I hate Illinois Nazis Nazis that bombed Pearl Harbor!
Mark
since we're dealing with multiple movies here... :-)
frankly if the schools admitted the marginals, then they should pay the student loans on the marginals.
You can learn most things in a month or less for cubicle life.
Engineering and medical take longer of course.
Good point.
All my science and math courses were “cull” courses.
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