Al-O-Meter
Well-Known Member
"Recent survey data indicates that employers are placing less value on college degrees, leading to a renewed appreciation for blue-collar job-seekers with skills and experience.
The study, involving 70,000 small businesses, revealed that 67% of employers believe higher education institutions are not graduating students with relevant skills needed in today’s business community."
Link to full article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/car...here-s-who-they-re-hiring-instead/ar-AA1kj4SW
It appears the pendulum may finally be swinging back to sanity. For years tests have been showing that graduates from college have no better critical thinking skills than when they went in. That isn't to say college is always bad because it does train some who need that type of education and it contribute greatly to scientific research, but mostly college is predatory. It sucks billions of dollars from young people not cognitively developed enough to fully understand the financial ramifications of incurring such a significant level of debt. It is greed with significant negative societal consequences.
The taxpayer should not be bailing out the predation unless steps are taken first to change the practices. Universities should not need more administrators than students. They shouldn't even need more administrators than teachers.
www.thecollegefix.com
College debt should be fully discharged the same as any other debt when an individual declares bankruptcy. There should not be special carve-outs to make sure young people can't ever get away from the consequences of falling for slick marketing when they were too dumb to know better.
That pieces like the one above saying the majority of employers don't value college credentials is a small but welcome first step toward fixing a huge problem.
The study, involving 70,000 small businesses, revealed that 67% of employers believe higher education institutions are not graduating students with relevant skills needed in today’s business community."
Link to full article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/car...here-s-who-they-re-hiring-instead/ar-AA1kj4SW
It appears the pendulum may finally be swinging back to sanity. For years tests have been showing that graduates from college have no better critical thinking skills than when they went in. That isn't to say college is always bad because it does train some who need that type of education and it contribute greatly to scientific research, but mostly college is predatory. It sucks billions of dollars from young people not cognitively developed enough to fully understand the financial ramifications of incurring such a significant level of debt. It is greed with significant negative societal consequences.
The taxpayer should not be bailing out the predation unless steps are taken first to change the practices. Universities should not need more administrators than students. They shouldn't even need more administrators than teachers.
At Harvard, there are 2,600 more administrators than undergrads | The College Fix
About 1,352 full-time administrators for every 1,000 undergrads.
www.thecollegefix.com
College debt should be fully discharged the same as any other debt when an individual declares bankruptcy. There should not be special carve-outs to make sure young people can't ever get away from the consequences of falling for slick marketing when they were too dumb to know better.
That pieces like the one above saying the majority of employers don't value college credentials is a small but welcome first step toward fixing a huge problem.