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Demand.

• Locke1689 16y ago
  I think the downvote here was unwarranted: pizza_ makes a good point. Over the past decade or so we've seen demand for higher education explode. The motivation is simple -- those with higher education earn a higher living wage than those without, on average. Honestly, though, what's the point? We may be graduating many more people, but why? Despite the increase we have nowhere near enough people doing professional work (e.g., plumbing, welding, etc.) and a continuing lack of graduates in the significantly underpopular STEM fields. In essence, why are so many people going to college and not getting a useful education?
  • njharman 16y ago
    "those with higher education earn a higher living wage" Well they use to, now it seems your pretty lucky to get a decent job out of college. People didn't think about whether there would be enough higher living wage jobs for the hordes of graduates.
    • parallax7d 16y ago
      It's still true for the top schools. The rest, meh.
  • endtime 16y ago
    Drinking, screwing, and bullshitting about postmodernist deconstructionism for four years is pretty appealing to a lot of 18 year olds.