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I'd argue that the goal should be to get more people into colleges, rather than filtering more people out

• maxerickson 10y ago
  Why? People going to college should consider it a valuable use of their time, not a necessary credential for entering the workforce. Guess which of those I believe drives college admissions right now. Of course many careers will benefit from a college education, but here in the US we have long since surpassed that number of people attending college.
  • CaptSpify 10y ago
    > Why? Because education is important, and our society is helped by everyone having access to improve their lives. I don't want to get into an automation discussion, but I personally believe that it will be even more important in the next few decades. > People going to college should consider it a valuable use of their time, not a necessary credential for entering the workforce I completely agree! But I think that is a separate problem. I'd love to go to school for things completely unrelated to my career. I don't think college should necessarily be easy, but getting into it should be. I personally believe that encouraging people to further educate themselves, especially "non-intellectuals"* , is a great way for everyone to benefit. IME, most people who skip college aren't skipping it because they are dumb, but because they don't have the resources to attend easily. In my own experience: High-school wasn't reflective of my current educational desires. I want to attend more college classes, but don't have the resources to do so. I live a pretty simple lifestyle, and if college isn't easily accessible to me, I can't see how it's accessible to people with kids, two jobs, etc * : I don't know how else to phrase that without sounding condescending. If someone has a better wording, let me know.