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Education has traditionally been a primary method for upward economic mobility. Once student loans became a thing, colleges jacked up tuition to put it out of r
by voisin 3y ago
Education has traditionally been a primary method for upward economic mobility. Once student loans became a thing, colleges jacked up tuition to put it out of reach of anyone but the super wealthy unless student loans were used.
- c_crank 3y agoBut no one forced those people to take on those loans.
- voisin 3y agoNot explicitly but the choice is “stay in your economic class or invest in the only thing reliably proven to improve your future”.
- c_crank 3y agoAnd those who do not want to deal with the risk of going through school and not getting a better job to pay for the onerous loans can just remain in their economic class.
- HPsquared 3y agoPeople basically did remain in the economic class though. The school doesn't have much to do with it. Has class mobility significantly increased since the adoption of mass tertiary education?
- slt2021 3y agoand why people invested noname colleges with degrees in psychology, english lit, gender studies? and then act surprised when they get out with zero useful skills
- Daishiman 3y agoNo one forced me to not try the one thing everyone says will keep you out of poverty.
- c_crank 3y agoDid you consider that everyone might have been making a mistake when they equated taking on large loans with getting out of poverty?