06-04-2010, 07:15 PM
Quote:First of all, it is debatable whether a majority of future job openings will require a college degree. ...
Secondly, ...many students who begin college will not complete degrees...[C]ollege access...leads to a degree for only about half of all students who enroll. ...
Student loans...are the most burdensome to nontraditional collegians, especially working-class students and people of color.
Great article, and in IHE too. So higher ed is really just a high stakes gamble for the working class student. Even if you are in the half who actually completes the degree, still no fancy job, just a big fat loan debt that you can't even discharge in bankruptcy.
All the more reason for people of limited means to jump on the far more economical DETC programs. Same likelihood of non-completion or unemployment as RA, but for only half the price.
Do you suppose any disclosures will be popping up on university websites, like SEC and FINRA disclaimers?
Before you make a commitment to purchase any degree, diploma, certificate or any other instrument or educational product, you should seek advice from a relevant professional taking into account your specific educational objectives, social, financial and political situation and particular needs with regard to the suitability of any degree, diploma, certificate or any other instrument or educational product.
Past education is no guarantee of future employment.
Quote:This is a shattering indictment of the education gospel.
Sha-dooby!
(For those not alive in 1978, old Rolling Stones reference. Any use of the word "shattered" or variations requires a "sha-dooby.")