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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s sad that students no longer pursue education for education’s sake. Instead, we are all so concerned about earning potential because the middle class has been hollowed out and job security is nonexistent. Our grandparents could go to college and study Philosophy or Religion and still get a decent job with good benefits and a pension. [/quote]
I think most people would be willing to do this if costs weren’t so high.

I got a fairly “useless” BA at a good state school 20 years ago, and don’t do a job job directly related to that major. I maintain that my studies made me a decent critical thinker and I enjoyed my college experience a lot. I did leave with about 17k in student loans but always considered it worth it as it got me my first job and foot in the door.

Tuition is up 300% since then and that first salary is up about 30-40%

I may have chose a different path knowing I was going to have 50-75k in student loans.

It just isn’t smart to major in sociology or English anymore unless you have some kind of financial backing. Most middle class parents won’t invest 200k in humanities for their two kids. At least I won’t.[/quote]

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