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To: SeekAndFind

well, they are taking work study to a whole new level.

We have gotten away from the idea of students working their way through college. With college costs where they are, it would be good for students and families to consider that.

And, they should reconsider whether it’s worth it to get a degree in unmarketable fields such as women’s studies. Studying women may be fascinating, but, very few jobs or career paths recruit people with such degrees.


2 posted on 05/17/2014 10:18:16 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Most college programs are a complete joke, filled with nothing more than progressive inanities meant to produce atheists and democrats. I never saw so many infidels disconnected from the real world, actually, gathered in one place, than at a university.

Academia needs serious reforming.


4 posted on 05/17/2014 10:35:07 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Studying women may be fascinating

It certainly is but you don't need college courses to do it!

7 posted on 05/17/2014 12:04:06 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Dilbert San Diego
We have gotten away from the idea of students working their way through college. With college costs where they are, it would be good for students and families to consider that.

It's a lot harder to work your way through college now than when you did it. A representative quotation of the author's argument: "[T]he average student in 1979 could work 182 hours (a part-time summer job) to pay for a year's tuition. In 2013, it took 991 hours (a full-time job for half the year) to accomplish the same."

8 posted on 05/17/2014 12:30:06 PM PDT by The Grammarian
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