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There are many fields where a formal education is quite important (e.g. Legal, Medical, etc.) But there's many more where the requirement to have a degree seem
by jarym 8y ago
There are many fields where a formal education is quite important (e.g. Legal, Medical, etc.)
But there's many more where the requirement to have a degree seems counter intuitive. Universities were about expanding and democratising learning and seeking new knowledge and understanding. I never understood why people leave university expecting a job out of it - it may have worked for the previous generation because few had degrees but I doubt it works now.
Hopefully, in the near future, students will be enrolling in universities because they want to learn - not because they feel its their only ticket to a decent job.
- celim307 8y ago> I never understood why people leave university expecting a job out of it Maybe because universities have relentlessly touted alumni employee numbers and advertised themselves as an avenue to secure a job for decades now
- anoncoward111 8y agoThis is the correct answer. It would be like an opiate manufacturer advertising "FDA approved pain management solutions" for decades, and then turning around and saying "well you never should have expected to avoid becoming addicted to opiates."
- craftyguy 8y agoThat's only part of the equation. The other part is hiring managers that feel like candidates should have put forth "as much effort as they did to obtain a degree." These are the folks who will only consider/hire candidates from <insert small subset of 'prestigious' schools here>. Perhaps they are trying to justify the time/money they spent obtaining a degree, and don't want to allow others to avoid the trouble even if they are qualified to do the job?
- zamalek 8y agoUniversities we're once institutions of learning and enlightenment. Apart from medicine and similar, they really only serve three purposes today: networking (as you mentioned), burning money in order to print degrees, and staying in the black. The intrinsic value of a modern degree is that it demonstrates that a person can finish something that they started, regardless of being a number during that process.
- brycehamrick 8y agoIn several US states having a law degree is not a requirement to practice law, there's other avenues to become a lawyer. Rare, but it happens.