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> For better or worse, the overall trend is for a lot of the smaller liberal arts colleges to be going out of business as home economics/finishing schools reall
by the__alchemist 2y ago
> For better or worse, the overall trend is for a lot of the smaller liberal arts colleges to be going out of business as home economics/finishing schools really aren't especially useful any longer.
I doubt this. Having an undergraduate degree vice not is a major social status symbol, at least in the US. Someone with a degree from a liberal arts school is much more hirable/datable etc than someone without.
- ghaff 2y agoNot making a judgment. Just an observation that a lot of smaller liberal arts colleges have been closing. Whether or not hiring college grads is overall a good heuristic, it's probably just one that companies apply for a bunch of reasons--whether those reasons are generally valid or not.
- the__alchemist 2y agoI'm with you, and it's interesting to hear they have been closing. I'm curious how the societal changes will shape out if this is true and continues. My observation is that a significant portion of the middle class people I know have liberal arts degrees, or otherwise schools from non-research universities. They date or are married exclusively to other people with degrees, and work at jobs that wouldn't have hired them without degrees. So, those expectations would have to change to, or something similar.
- ghaff 2y agoIn general, I imagine that the big state university systems are the bulk of the grads anyway though I'd have to look at the actual numbers. But, yes, a college degree is a basic heuristic in a lot of cases. There are exceptions but it's often a default.