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What percentage of even that group went to college a hundred years ago? That is my larger point. // and more towards it as something that should be a baseline
by xyzelement 3y ago
What percentage of even that group went to college a hundred years ago? That is my larger point.
// and more towards it as something that should be a baseline for our citizens.
At least that's the idea. In reality someone can now graduate 300K in debt, with a degree that neither enables them to make a living nor be an informed citizen of the republic.
I suppose another way my point can be made is that there's now a wider gulf between "has a college degree" and "has a valuable education" because of how common and watered down college has become.
- mrguyorama 3y agoIt is your assertion, not a matter of fact, that "In reality someone can now graduate 300K in debt, with a degree that neither enables them to make a living nor be an informed citizen of the republic." We have a whole lot more failing restaurants nowadays than two hundred years ago, should we conclude people have gotten worse at cooking? If you think college grads are on average less "informed citizens of the republic" than those who do not go to college, I'm going to tell you that you have very strong personal biases at play that do not reflect reality.
- decremental 3y ago[dead]