Yes. Don't go $100,000's in debt for a degree unless it's in Science, Engineering or Finance.
Posted on 06/24/2012 7:18:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A college education was once regarded as a first-class ticket to a better life.
But the rising costs of higher education, the burden of student loans and a less-certain job market have left many wondering: Are too many young people going to college?
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A lot of unqualified people are going to college. Look at how many have to take remedial classes. Why are these students allowed into college if they aren’t really for college-level courses?
Yes. Don't go $100,000's in debt for a degree unless it's in Science, Engineering or Finance.
WAY too many of them go to college.
Most should go to a trade school or something like that. They would be far better off.
Government offers a BLANK CHECK all the the name of EDUCATION and the colleges are all too willing to take those checks.
Colleges and universities can increase tuition every year and the government just gives the student more money to spend 5 1/2 years on their undergraduate degree.
No politician wants to be charged with denying anyone their right to an education. Truth is that so many of these young people would be better off not wasting the time getting a useless piece of paper.
So many young people have never worked a day in their lives before they’re 25 - 26 years of age. That is unbelievable and such a waste.
I visited the University of Maryland bookstore this weekend.
They actually offer Precalculus, a course I took in high school as a junior.
The book had graphs of functions, logarithms,etc.
You actually get college level credit for high school level math?
And the kicker is that “Precalculus” counts for a General Education credit
in mathematics
alongside “Linear Algebra”, “Statistics” and “Calculus I”
This nation is doomed.
ps. I’m sure Barry O never took calculus at Occidental or Columbia.
can you see barry understanding what a derivative is????!!!
Before the 1970s....the typical programs that a college offered was: engineering, science, history, medicine, and business-related. You could take any of these and generally find work. I suspect that we’ve come to a point where there are worthless degrees, and someone ought to explain that to a kid before he finishes high school.
But another topic here....is how a college operates. If you take $18k as normal tuition now for a college, and you have 20k students at this state-run university, then you ought to generate around $360 million a year. Now, as Chancellor...if you figure in some income from sports, some donations from alumini, and the state giving some funds for construction....you ought to be able to run that college easily for $360 million. In fact, you ought to be able to hand back $1k to each and every kid easily.
I’m of the mind that Chancellors need to start explaining how they spend their $360 million a year and where the operational costs really sits. Once you understand how their “business” is structured....we might come to agree that it’s really screwed up and states need to retake the operation and run colleges with cost emphasis in mind.
I think more need to go in trade skills. Have you seen what an electrician makes? Plumber? Refrigeration guy? My son did not want to do college, he is working now as an EMT, working on Paramedic and wants to take the fireman test. He makes decent money, while his twin sister has changed majors and looks to be in college forever....
And, the “Chancellor” would refer you to the GOVERNMENT requirements....
I think more need to go in trade skills. Have you seen what an electrician makes? Plumber? Refrigeration guy? My son did not want to do college, he is working now as an EMT, working on Paramedic and wants to take the fireman test. He makes decent money, while his twin sister has changed majors and looks to be in college forever....
The question is rather pointless. It’s like asking ‘Do too many young people play sports?”
College/University attendance is their choice. A better question would be: “Do too many people get their education or activity of choice subsidized by the federal government?”
Captain Obvious is writing for WSJ?
I worry a little bit about my 2 nieces age 21 and 19. They are super smart and talented now in college but neither have worked any jobs. One wants to be an art teacher and the other a history major. Hate to see them saddled with huge student loan debts afterwards.
Yes, college should be reserved for those who can afford it and those who can win corporate and philanthropist funded scholarships.
We need more low cost trade schools and apprenticeship programs.
We need more low cost trade schools and apprenticeship programs.
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Hear, hear!
my degree has taken me to Puerto Rico, England, Germany South Korea and China for work... something a degree in Angry Minority Transgendered Homosexual Studies will never do.
One wants to be an art teacher and the other a history major.
They’ll need government to provide them jobs. Unfortunately for them, government is broke and there won’t be much there in the future.
Do you mean the Communist Indoctrination Centers?
Or the Overpriced Diploma Mills?
I can only think of two “colleges” that are neither military nor religious academies.
Yep! :-)
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