Reply to Is college now just transactional?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Is college now just transactional?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that we have spent the last 40+ years telling kids that all you need is a college degree to get an above average life style.  So, many, many kids who might have gone a different route (vocational school, apprenticeships, technical schools) are now going to college.  Most degrees that students graduate with are oversubscribed.  Many of the fields that are soft fields (fields that do not lead to an actual job outside of academia) have more students graduating with those degrees than there are positions to fill.  So then they are forced to go into post-graduate training, whether law school, medical school, graduate school, business school, etc.  And they rack up huge amounts of debt that they'll have to pay back, so they need to go into more lucrative fields to be able to afford their student loan payments.

Meanwhile, we have a dearth of auto mechanics, chefs, medical technicians, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, and many other fields where you don't go to college.  The students that used to go and take these careers and make decent wages, are no longer going into those fields because they pursued college and are looking for white collar jobs with their non-career oriented bachelor degrees.

So, yes, we have created a more transactional environment.  Kids who go to college need to go into fields where they can earn their UMC lifestyle, especially if they have to pay student loans.[/quote]

+100[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics