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It has changed! But it's changed because class mix of the people going to college has changed. Wealthy people used to make up a significant proportion of people
by noslenwerdna 5y ago
It has changed! But it's changed because class mix of the people going to college has changed. Wealthy people used to make up a significant proportion of people going to college. People who didn't need to work for money. Now it is more lower and middle class people, with different needs.
- bumby 5y agoI think the real question is whether college fulfills those different needs and, if so, if it does it at a reasonable price. At many orgs I’ve worked at, I felt like there were a lot of people who could have done the same work from a two year apprenticeship. Even though many had engineering degrees, I don’t think most brought an engineering mindset/education to the problems they faced on a daily basis, with the exception of some PIs