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"There was once a time when a person could obtain a bachelor's degree--in virtually any field--and be employable." As you make a nod to later, there was also o
by hga 12y ago
"There was once a time when a person could obtain a bachelor's degree--in virtually any field--and be employable."
As you make a nod to later, there was also once a time when a student could work their way through a university or college degree (and that includes not piling up significant debt). This was once true of MIT, let alone public schools.
That is now only a nostalgic memory, and with a rate of inflation that comfortably outstrips the CPI, the primacy of economic concerns cannot be avoided.
- unclebucknasty 12y agoExactly. The pressures are dual. On one hand, the costs of a degree are skyrocketing to the point where the value is really being scrutinized by that measure alone. On the other hand, the increasing disparity between what colleges provide and what employers desire is being factored into that value equation. So, at a time when universities need to be showing more value for their ballooning price tags, they are actually providing less (in purely economic terms).
- jimmaswell 12y agoThe student can still do that at a community college. You just have to take advantage of federal and state aid and the debt won't be that bad.