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It has to do with the rising costs of a college education. If you or your parents are going to pay the equivalent of a single family home to a school for a four
by quanticle 13y ago
It has to do with the rising costs of a college education. If you or your parents are going to pay the equivalent of a single family home to a school for a four year degree, you had better have something concrete to point to at the end of it. "Intellectually nimble citizen of a democracy" does not cut it.
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- rquantz 13y agoMy point is that subject matter has little to do with preparing you for your career. Edit: with certain things excepted, of course. I wouldn't want a doctor who didn't have the relevant degrees.
- ohyes 13y agoActually, you haven't established guidelines for what would "cut it." 'Concrete' is extremely vague, so the ball is in your court there. If you mean 'a degree that will guarantee me a job,' you are SOL there buddy. A dearth of engineers would mean rising unemployment for engineers. (We currently have a glut of unemployed lawyers, for god's sake, no reason that couldn't happen to computer scientists or mechanical engineers if a trend started). Being able to communicate, reason, and argue better than 99.9% of my peers with traditional CS degrees is in fact a concrete advantage.