The author tries to dismantle arguments given for going to college...
For instance:
* “school teach kids how to think”.
HIS RESPONSE:
“learn how to use a library.” And while we’re at it. Put more computers in the library. The knowledge is out there. We don’t need to own the banks and the government $800 billion to get knowledge.
* “There’s a huge income gap between people with a college degree and people without a college degree”
HIS RESPONSE:
“Did you take Statistics 101 in college? That spurious statistic that is making the rounds fails the basic test of an accurate statistic. It has selection bias. It also ignores cause versus correlation. That’s chapter one of Statistics 101 in college. A true test would be to take 2,000 people and separate them into two groups of 1,000. Group A is not allowed to go to college. Group B goes to college. 20 years later lets see how they are doing. Obvious this test will never get done but the basic idea is common sense. Take people who are equally intelligent and ambitious and give them a five-year head start and with no debt.” They are going to do very well, I have no doubt.
etc. etc.
CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR HIS RESPONSES TO THE COMMON ARGUMENTS FOR GOING TO COLLEGE.
Sure, someone who is sufficiently smart and motivated can “teach themselves”. The knowledge is readily available in a library or online. For example, a few schools (like MIT) have their course materials online (free). But potential employers STILL want to see that sheepskin. And I don’t see that changing anytime soon.