Posted on 11/22/2021 3:22:42 AM PST by MtnClimber
Lately, conservative parents have been laser-focused on Kâ12 education. And well they should be: perhaps no other issue is as important to our nation's future.
But what about college? Those same parents will soon be faced with that very question. And the people who run our public colleges and universities, unlike their Kâ12 counterparts, are largely unelected and therefore much less accountable to taxpayers.
Fortunately, families have options â beginning with recognizing that not everyone has to go to college to be successful. These days, hardworking young people can pursue a number of careers that pay well yet don't require any post-secondary education, much less a degree.
On the other hand, I do believe that a liberal arts education has intrinsic value. There's more to life than just earning a living. Moreover, many worthwhile careers do require higher education: law, medicine, accounting, and teaching, just to name a few. If your child wishes to work in one of those fields, college is in his future.
Unfortunately, many universities these days have become toxic, poisoning young minds with a warped view of reality. Gatherings of middle-aged conservative parents are replete with stories of good, well raised, God-fearing kids who went off to State U and returned home as committed, brain-dead leftists.
That is scary stuff for parents, and understandably so. But what can they do? Here are some suggestions.
Religious colleges. The solution for many is to send their kids to private religious colleges.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I am feating when the kiddos get to college age. I had better have done a good job by then
They are putting together off campus programs just like everyone else.
Do you know all of mit’s offerings are on line.
As soon as tech can say for certain that you are you online for courses the game totally changes
Read what others have written here about kids and college. No matter how good a job you do your children become prey of sexual and politically weird leftists. Keep them close and make counterculturel plans.
I homeschooled and still lost one to school and internet.
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