The problem happened when we turned colleges into degree mills. There weren’t supposed to be 100 history majors, only a small handful. Then college industrialized and became a multi billion dollar business. Completely ruined higher education.
Predatory student loans made it worse. Ask an 18 year old child if they want to go $150k in debt. They’re told it’ll all work out and be fine. For most, that level of debt is insurmountable. All degrees and units costing the same is also ridiculous. Student loans should be more like business loans. No bank would approve $150k for Women’s Studies. Many would have for CS or engineering or something, though with AI now, that gets shakier.
Still love higher education, I’d just rather they got all the business out of it.
After Griggs vs Duke Power, corporations were forced to use a university degree as a makeshift intelligence test. This is why so many white collar positions want a college degree now.
Government, as it always does, warped the post secondary education market far beyond what it was intended to be, and now it is collapsing under it's own weight.
The problem happened when we turned colleges into degree mills. There weren’t supposed to be 100 history majors, only a small handful. Then college industrialized and became a multi billion dollar business. Completely ruined higher education.
Predatory student loans made it worse. Ask an 18 year old child if they want to go $150k in debt. They’re told it’ll all work out and be fine. For most, that level of debt is insurmountable. All degrees and units costing the same is also ridiculous. Student loans should be more like business loans. No bank would approve $150k for Women’s Studies. Many would have for CS or engineering or something, though with AI now, that gets shakier.
Still love higher education, I’d just rather they got all the business out of it.
After Griggs vs Duke Power, corporations were forced to use a university degree as a makeshift intelligence test. This is why so many white collar positions want a college degree now.
Government, as it always does, warped the post secondary education market far beyond what it was intended to be, and now it is collapsing under it's own weight.