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Reading this I can't help but wonder where people graduating from Oberlin get jobs. Maybe as political campaign people or marketing or something? Just picturin

Reading this I can't help but wonder where people graduating from Oberlin get jobs. Maybe as political campaign people or marketing or something? Just picturing someone walking into a large cement plan for an interview. "Why yes, I do believe I can pull this company into the black within 3 quarters. As you see I have a degree from Oberlin college...". Point being, graduating from there seems it could be not a positive signal but rather a huge red flag for any company engaged in productive pursuits. Like the person has been pre-trained to be aggrieved and look for issues and possibly sue over the smallest of slights. At least that's what would cross my mind as an interviewer.

sanderjd 7y ago
... entry level new graduates don't go into interviews making pitches about how they'll impact revenue numbers. Things like that come a decade or more later, after they have learned a whole bunch of stuff about their chosen field and forgotten most of what they thought they knew in school. That's pretty much the whole point of that decade of experience. I'm always confused by this desire to judge entry level young people as if they are experienced mid career professionals.
analog31 7y ago
Disclaimer: My kid got accepted at Oberlin, but instead chose a large state university. Our perception through the process of researching many colleges, was that the SLACs (small liberal arts colleges) tended to be relatively weak in subjects that tend to lead directly to employment, and that students in those subjects expected to attend graduate school by default. My kid expects to attend grad school, so that's one data point, but I also saw it when I was in grad school. A disproportionate number of my classmates were from SLACs, including myself. It might not be too much of a stretch to say that the SLACs are feeders for graduate schools. Once you have a graduate degree, your choice of undergraduate college is water under the bridge, though the loans might not be.
kgodey 7y ago
Plenty of Oberlin alumni (including me) are appalled at how Oberlin is handling this situation.
- 333c 7y ago
  Current students as well.

sanderjd 7y ago

... entry level new graduates don't go into interviews making pitches about how they'll impact revenue numbers. Things like that come a decade or more later, after they have learned a whole bunch of stuff about their chosen field and forgotten most of what they thought they knew in school. That's pretty much the whole point of that decade of experience. I'm always confused by this desire to judge entry level young people as if they are experienced mid career professionals.

analog31 7y ago

Disclaimer: My kid got accepted at Oberlin, but instead chose a large state university. Our perception through the process of researching many colleges, was that the SLACs (small liberal arts colleges) tended to be relatively weak in subjects that tend to lead directly to employment, and that students in those subjects expected to attend graduate school by default. My kid expects to attend grad school, so that's one data point, but I also saw it when I was in grad school. A disproportionate number of my classmates were from SLACs, including myself. It might not be too much of a stretch to say that the SLACs are feeders for graduate schools. Once you have a graduate degree, your choice of undergraduate college is water under the bridge, though the loans might not be.

kgodey 7y ago

Plenty of Oberlin alumni (including me) are appalled at how Oberlin is handling this situation.

333c 7y ago
Current students as well.