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How is that propaganda? People with degrees make more money. The fact that universities had other goals doesn't mean their effects on graduates' earnings are an
by praxulus 11y ago
How is that propaganda? People with degrees make more money. The fact that universities had other goals doesn't mean their effects on graduates' earnings are any less real.
Are you saying we should lie to high school students about what does and does not lead to a high-paying job?
- rlucas 11y agoNo, GP is saying that the value (societal or individual) of higher education may be orthogonal to the change in job pay of the person educated. The framing of the conversation as being around job pay rates has consequences. There are real economic effects that happen when new frames of reference / paradigms / conventional wisdom take hold. Think about the ridiculous 2003-2008 house price run-up and how it was concomitant with a mass change from seeing housing as a cost to seeing it as "investment". Positive feedback loop, that. Maybe the same idea here with higher ed.