Not in a collapsed world.
Especially with a liberal arts degree
It’s just this simple:
STEM = good
not STEM = not good
Oh, and
a skilled trade = good
A college degree was mostly used as an indicator of whether someone intelligence and motivation. I worked in a technical/science field and the un-degreed technicians were every bit as competent as those with Ph.Ds.
Since degrees have been compromised with affirmative action and wokery as well as easy student loans, that is no longer the case.
I think wokeness is going to destroy the reputations of our formerly great universities. Who needs anyone with a degree in being pissed off?
Probably not!!!!
Not if you’re majoring in “gender studies” or some such bullcrap.
The most important thing to do in college is to network.
Mine have been great investments, as all the education I have had has been needed for my career and profession. Most ‘education’ in this world isn’t. Some of mine wasn’t, but getting in-depth science, art, history, and language knowledge is absolutely useful to anyone and everyone.
People still don’t get it especially those entering the workforce. Your college degree is not exactly worthless... YOU the graduate are the investment.
Welcome to the dance, you had better be a quick study, the competition is fierce.
I think Thomas Sowell said every catastrophe in the last 100 years had a Harvard man in the middle of it. Only hard sciences need a college. The rest is fluff. College is little more then an employment program for idiots that wasted time getting a useless degree.
“Investment” is not a term I would use to describe college.
Because even if you take a popular major, you are probably taking it at a school not well known for it. You are still subject to the whim of the hiring managers.
I firmly believe that success in life often comes from your ability to learn at your job and adapt to the industry. Showing up, working hard, and ‘adding’ to a company always meant more to me than anyone’s undergrad education.
Of course, knowing how to read and write is important. That’s a high school thing.
If it’s a useful degree, IT, engineering, pre-med etc.
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Always has been, always will be.
A degree in math, science, engineering, chemistry is very valuable. Otherwise a liberal arts degree is, “would you like fries with your order?”