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In the industrial manufacturing based economy people could get good jobs without basic undergraduate 'skills'. Now in the knowledge economy, they can't.
by jonbarker 9y ago
In the industrial manufacturing based economy people could get good jobs without basic undergraduate 'skills'. Now in the knowledge economy, they can't.
- kashkhan 9y agoyes, and that's why they should go to college and learn those skills.
- jonbarker 9y agoIt used to be that community college was the place to go if you lacked the credentials to go straight into a 'real' college now that I think about it. Is this not the case any more?
- kashkhan 9y agolack the credentials or money to pay. 'real' colleges offer better networking, but often great teachers can be found in community colleges, where profs are not selected primarily for research. A minority of students learn better in competitive environments. Self motivated students learn better in constructive non competitive environments which are more like apprenticeships than competition for grades.