nu_throwaway

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   by nu_throwaway 6y ago

   totally agree - not to mention attempting to decide on 30+ years of career at 18 years old involves significant uncertainty risk as well. all those hospitality management majors from last year and for the next couple years have lost out on
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   by nu_throwaway 6y ago

   id argue that with an investment you can compare like to like alternatives and can use a greater degree of objectivity. there are far more variables to consider in higher ed (student loan debt, opportunity cost of time, unemployment, altern
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   by nu_throwaway 6y ago

   this sort of reads as self re-assurement for his son's path; the author is a Harvard professor and I assume daily interaction in academia all revolves around how great and virtuous higher ed is yet he's bucked the trend. perhaps i
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   by nu_throwaway 6y ago

   graduated from there. totally agree with what's in that article. at 18 I was swept away by the "allure" of their rapid ascent and aggressive re-development of campus (which has continued to this day) and went there, despite t