I think you're overestimating the number of people who would benefit from such a program. I'm not saying the opportunity you suggest shouldn't exist, but the reality is that college isn't for everyone and there needs to be a way to filter those people out so they can spend their time and money on more productive pursuits like vocational school. Immigration should be cut off to give them a fighting chance as well. Any college program that's rigorous enough to make someone employable requires a certain level of intelligence that not everyone has. Some people will never get it no matter how much effort they put in. For example algebra will never be comprehensible to the bottom 70% of the IQ distribution. We'd be able to make education work for everyone if we were able to face some unpleasant truths.
I was mainly ranting on university qualification and diversity bullshit. I wouldn't recommend anyone go to university now, unless they really needed to, like to be a doctor, but even that's a sketchy career path in current year's politics.
Degrees need to die, as universities have consistently proven they're worthless as guarantees of competency. Degrees also require teachers to have teaching degrees, which prevents people who work in the industry from teaching, even if they're the ones who actually have relevant skills, and know what is in demand.
I've had enough experience with graduates that don't have basic competency in the field they graduated, and others who can't get over the idea that they can learn things outside of a course, even when a competent person is right there to teach them.
I think you're overestimating the number of people who would benefit from such a program. I'm not saying the opportunity you suggest shouldn't exist, but the reality is that college isn't for everyone and there needs to be a way to filter those people out so they can spend their time and money on more productive pursuits like vocational school. Immigration should be cut off to give them a fighting chance as well. Any college program that's rigorous enough to make someone employable requires a certain level of intelligence that not everyone has. Some people will never get it no matter how much effort they put in. For example algebra will never be comprehensible to the bottom 70% of the IQ distribution. We'd be able to make education work for everyone if we were able to face some unpleasant truths.
I was mainly ranting on university qualification and diversity bullshit. I wouldn't recommend anyone go to university now, unless they really needed to, like to be a doctor, but even that's a sketchy career path in current year's politics.
Degrees need to die, as universities have consistently proven they're worthless as guarantees of competency. Degrees also require teachers to have teaching degrees, which prevents people who work in the industry from teaching, even if they're the ones who actually have relevant skills, and know what is in demand.
I've had enough experience with graduates that don't have basic competency in the field they graduated, and others who can't get over the idea that they can learn things outside of a course, even when a competent person is right there to teach them.