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Andrew Yang had a great reason for NOT signing the progressive pledge and why he didn't support free college for everyone. His reasoning was 2 fold. 1) His UB
by bargl 7y ago
Andrew Yang had a great reason for NOT signing the progressive pledge and why he didn't support free college for everyone.
His reasoning was 2 fold.
1) His UBI would help college students drastically and be a stimulus for college age kids.
2) His words, "Only 33% of people go to college" IIRC he also stated that this would only help 1/3 the population and that we need to promote alternatives to college instead.
I think there are two more issues with college. Some jobs require college degrees but really shouldn't (some not all). Some degrees offer little to no economic benefit to the student but are sold to the student at a premium.
There are some really great reasons why we need to resolve current student debt, but I think we need to overhaul how we view high school / college for everyone rather than for 1/3 of the population.
- viraptor 7y agoNo jobs should require college. They should require skills. College is just an easy substitute for the recruitment process. (Unless the job requires an official training certificate that is)
- busymom0 7y agoFor fields like tech, college/university might not be necessary but for anything in advanced research or medical fields, you absolutely need to go in uni and higher studies and be certified. Even in tech, you may not need a degree but still need to be certified for the field you are in (ccna, ccnp etc for network admin jobs for example).
- viraptor 7y agoYou really don't need the network certificates for work. They're just a common retirement.
- MentallyRetired 7y agoI've long encouraged my friends to go to trade schools instead.