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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED (at least for those that buy into the concept) offers a sliver of hope to those determined to place a long shot bet.

It's never a good idea to limit one's options.  Yup, it's a bad strategy, whatever the endeavor.  Colleges already hold too many of the cards; why give them more control?

And whether we want to or not, we need to recognize that college education has been commoditized.  What all the frenzied striver parents are lining up to buy is not a true education for Missy or Junior, but a credential -- the shinier the better.  And connections.

But the old boy network has already gone by the boards, and that way of life has broken down.  Now our colleges concern themselves with tribalism and identity politics.  Twenty years from now, what kind of connections are you going to be able to call upon?  The guy who led your campus Antifa cell?  The notion that a powerful network of connections exists because you bonded with like-minded types from similar backgrounds once upon a time at Brand Name A1 College is, nowadays, a myth.

American higher education used to be the best in the world.  Who thinks that now?  Maybe some foreign nationals who want to study engineering.  But that's about it.

What a great pity that things have come to such a pass.[/quote]

Do you have to do this in every thread? It's compulsive with you, isn't it? Go troll the Bard mom.[/quote]

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