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My understanding of the main issues are: 1. Private colleges that spend a lot on marketing, cost a lot, and don't provide a worthwhile degree, nor transferrabl
by Clubber 7y ago
My understanding of the main issues are:
1. Private colleges that spend a lot on marketing, cost a lot, and don't provide a worthwhile degree, nor transferrable credits. Think about all the unaccredited "tech" school advertisements all over the TV a few years ago.
2. Getting degrees that aren't marketable outside academia, such as Mideval Literature, etc. As an incoming college student, I had no idea what was a marketable career and what wasn't. Universities probably don't undermine their own departments either, so it can be a crap shoot.
3. Very expensive private liberal arts colleges, like the one Steve Jobs dropped out of.
I'm sure there are other pain points, but a kid that gets an in-state, public college degree in something he can earn a living doing isn't much of an issue. Typically, it's the vultures that pray on government programs intended to help the citizens.