“The SPICE must flow”.
Posted on 12/27/2019 8:58:53 AM PST by Kaslin
Fauxcahoness’ smoke signal today read:
“The SPICE must flow”.
There is another side of that, and that’s jobs.
In an environment where the tariffs were lowered and jobs were flowing overseas, an education doesn’t do you much good.
In an environment where the tariffs are restored, and industries are staying, investment and innovation is occurring, then a degree is of much greater value.
I honestly did not know the borrowed money was still flowing so freely.
Another dirty little secret: STEM degree programs are a LOT more expensive to run than crap degree programs, which generate a far greater rate of return for the institution.
I can easily see President Eisenhower giving a speech akin to his 1960 “Military-Industrial Complex” warning, only now warning of the “Academic-Government Complex”. Very similar dangers and bad outcomes from this flood of money.
There always is
When free money flows and professors are needed for the influx of kids who can't read - the bottom of the barrel gets hired. And what can these new professors with IQ's around a hundred 'teach'? Grievance studies... how to hate. How to value 'feelings' over facts...
I bet it doesn't sound good to those who actually PAID their school loans.
“The SPICE must flow”.
In most places, unless it is skilled manual trades, you cant even get an interview without the “College Degree” box checked.
Young folks are stuck between a built in system of “credentialled” folks as gate keepers vs piss poor schools offering nothing but a paper chase.
Not too long ago, diagramming sentences was grade school and Algebra was middle school. Now, many “studies” college grads can’t write nor perform anything higher than addition and subtraction.
Most teachers are low-performing babysitters with little skill themselves.
Things have to change.
Educating the youth? What’s that?
Indoctrination forever and ever. And get the victim- er- student (and sometimes the parents) to foot part of the bill, make up the difference in borrowed money.
Not all fetters and chains are forged of iron. But they are just as constrictive and place just as much limitation on freedom of action and conscience.
Lifetime indentured servants to whoever has the financial reins.
And here I thought it was the communist/socialist infiltration of institutions of ‘higher education’ and the government that had done it. Who knew?
If you’re willing to blindly sign on the dotted line for a tuition loan, the school has an incentive to keep raising that list price.
There is a RIDICULOUS amount of “free tuition money” available, if only prospective students will look for it. Yes, it takes some work and planning - just like saving money to pay cash when the time comes.
Want a substantial scholarship? Obvious criteria of race, gender, and income aside (for which there is plenty of option$), look for: unusual sports or musical instruments, religious/cultural affiliations, businesses with assistance benefits, assistantships, obscure/foreign colleges, etc. There’s online education available free/cheap to get advancement. Then there’s just working your butt off to get high grades.
My wife got her MBA for free + stipend, because she was foreign, female, and 4.0 GPA on prior degree.
My daughter just started middle school band; a big deal was made about certain instruments (french horn, tuba, oboe, etc) having a _very_ high likelihood of _very_ lucrative scholarships.
My second degree was cheap, as my employers paid most of it.
If you’re paying list price for anything, tuition included, you’re doing it wrong.
I’d not want to hire someone without the “college degree” box checked.
Yes, that isn’t sufficient - but it is necessary.
In an interview I don’t have time to evaluate all the topics I expect competence in. That checkbox assures high likelihood the candidate does have that knowledge. I’ve worked with non-degreed engineers, and while competent they did have gaping holes that would have been filled in a degree program.
That checkbox also assures that a candidate can take on a years-long project which requires satisfaction of a broad range of requirements to the approval of a large number of experts. Having been a college prof, I saw how many were filtered out by this process, unable or unwilling (!) to do the work.
Yes, many who graduate are not sufficiently competent (being a quasi-manager, I’m stunned by the lack of competency in candidates with Masters’ degrees) ... but if the degreed are that bad, how much worse those who couldn’t even manage to complete a degree in anything?
Here’s a copy of the Gender Studies page at CU Boulder:
Statement from the Department of Women and Gender Studies on Anti-Black Racism on Campus
The Department of Women & Gender Studies stands in solidarity with the Black Student Alliance and all students of color that continue to be affected by the repercussions of the racist hate speech that was directed at Black students studying at the Engineering Center on Sunday, October 6th, 2019.
We understand this act to be part of a larger social and systemic pattern of ‘white supremacy’ in the United States, in Colorado, and on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
As a department and a discipline invested in the intersectional analysis of power, including its gendered and racialized dimensions, we recognize the pervasiveness of racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic hate speech to be indicative of a hostile and unsafe environment for Black students, students of color, women, and members of the LGBTQ community. As such, we support the specific demands of the Black Student Alliance, as detailed here: (click to enlarge)
And we wonder what’s wrong with college graduates?
And for those smart and ambitious enough, your OWN BUSINESS is a distinct possibility!
“How An Unlimited Supply Of Borrowed Cash Is Destroying Higher Education”
Nail on the head!!
As an engineer with multiple degrees mechanical and chemical engineering I can state very clearly you can get a complete education online for free
Any engineer worth his salt can learn anything from a book doesn’t need any professor
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