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The ONLY reason this kind of thinking is gaining leverage is because the cost of college. College simply is unaffordable for small but growing portion of the po
by jupiterjaz 14y ago
The ONLY reason this kind of thinking is gaining leverage is because the cost of college. College simply is unaffordable for small but growing portion of the population. If the price did not keep increasing past the point of inflation year after year no one would question the value of higher ed.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWell, that's half of it. To my understanding, college used to have more focus on simply becoming a more rounded, worldly individual. If that is your goal, the value of big name schools drops precipitously. It's the perception of college as the next level of education requisite for a job that increases the value of big name schools and leaves individuals weighting expected salary increase vs. tuition. It probably isn't anything devious- no matter what you believe about higher education today, I think most people will agree that as human knowledge has expanded, so too has the amount of education required to perform and compete in cutting-edge fields.