Just had brunch with a retired Conservative College Professor.
Some of discussion items.
* The "Dr" noted, current circulum at his college is outdated, no guidance either.
* We are taking away children's youth to build a resume for college, hyper-sports, public service etc, etc.
* Mental health pro's are wonder what effect that will have on society.
* The Colleges are more interest in the hyper-achiever kids, and alumni money, to fuel even greater competition teams of all types to build for example that 2 million dollar competition swimming pool.
* We questioned are they turning out someone who can do anything with an English degree, or do those jobs do not exist anymore, or do we need more specialization.
We questioned have 4 yr schools outlived their usefulness, other than the networking, your schools gravitas ( when you go to get a job ), and possible work study arrangements, what are you going their for?
Just like so many of our Quasi-Governmental organizations need to be re-engineered because they are failed models, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, etc etc., it maybe fair to say the 4 year college model needs to be completely rethought....
Bump!
I hope this takes off.