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In that same vein why do public schools get to saddle kids with an average of $30k in debt and leave them with the prospect of $8/hour jobs as many degrees do?
by merpnderp 10y ago
In that same vein why do public schools get to saddle kids with an average of $30k in debt and leave them with the prospect of $8/hour jobs as many degrees do? Where's the outrage over public schools who do the exact same thing?
- copperx 10y agoA school's main objective is not to make you employable.
- michaelbuddy 10y agoA school's main objective is whatever they say at any given moment to you. You've got mission statements, brochure advertisements, orientation presentations, presentations to high schools, whatever is said in private from your guidance advisor. There will be PLENTY of times when you hear that they are focused on "preparing you for the real world" or they talk about growth. Funny as vague a language they might use, I've never once read a university (and I've worked at two of them) say that their main objective ISN'T to make you employable.
- nogbit 10y agoNo, but many do have full time employees in their "career services" center working to place you with an employer. http://foster.uw.edu/careers/career-services/ http://foster.uw.edu/careers/career-services/
- wanderingjew 10y agoAn education's main goal is not to make you employable. A school, on the other hand, charges tuition, and therefore any transaction between the student and the school must be viewed under the lens of a financial transaction.
- munchbunny 10y agoThere's plenty of outrage over that too, it's just not in this thread, because the article was about for-profit colleges.