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> They teach interpersonal skills, social skills, work ethic, self care, professional networking This suggests that people who don't go to college lack interp
by smileysteve 6y ago
> They teach interpersonal skills, social skills, work ethic, self care, professional networking
This suggests that people who don't go to college lack interpersonal skills, work ethic, ability to self care; Seems like all of these are important, especially for the other 34%.
But the other response is, this is a loud siren for nepotism -- and potentially other isms; as opposed to meritocracy, thanks for including "professional networking".
Or do plumbers, car mechanics, home builders, beauticians, and (in trade school, programmers) not have/need work ethic or self care ?
- kube-system 6y ago> This suggests that people who don't go to college lack interpersonal skills, work ethic, ability to self care; No I am not suggesting that. These skills are not boolean, they are all a varying continuum, and they can be learned in different ways. Liberal arts schools don't teach these things because they cannot be learned in a different way, they simply teach them because they are important to their educational mission. Colleges don't need a monopoly on conveying these skills to have it as an important part of their value proposition.
- smileysteve 6y ago> they can be learned in different ways. But that's not what you're saying. Your comments suggests that a college education is necessary to learn these skills; That removing student loans would somehow decrease work ethic. The irony of the West Point cheating scandal coming out that denies that even the most prestigious college that focuses on values fails to instill values disproves your suggestion very strongly.