I recently stumbled upon a Facebook post Sarah Palin had written while reflecting upon her daughter Willow's graduation from an academy that specializes in hair and skin. In it, she said the following:
"Young people should not be pressured into assuming that a college degree is the only path to employment today. It’s not. Some college degrees obviously lead to clear professions, like those in the medical and engineering fields, but that’s not the case with many of the liberal arts degrees young people today gravitate toward either because they aren’t sure what they want to do after college or because they’ve been led to believe that college life is a sort of rite of passage for any career. That might have been the case once, but the salary and career opportunities a liberal arts education alone can get you have been dramatically limited these days. It’s so sad to see young people holding expensive college diplomas that come with no practical job opportunities."
It struck me immediately, not only as a former undergraduate and graduate student who holds a B.A. and M.A. in Spanish literature, but also as a former teacher, student adviser, and academic dean. Before I proceed, would you mind taking a walk down memory lane with me?...To Read More….
My Take - We have to come to the realization that higher education isn't a mission -it's a business - and they will do what is in their best financial interests irrespective of whether it is in your best interest. Otherwise how else can you explain the creation of so many irrelevant courses that have little financial gain after college but add an expensive burden in loan payments? If your councilor was on your side these things would not be touted as worth your time and money and if the universities and colleges were filled with honorable people these stupid courses wouldn’t even exist. What I do find fascinating is these places are so hot to get ever dime they can get their hands on and yet are hotbeds of corrupt socialist propaganda constantly decrying the capitalist agenda as greedy.
My Take - We have to come to the realization that higher education isn't a mission -it's a business - and they will do what is in their best financial interests irrespective of whether it is in your best interest. Otherwise how else can you explain the creation of so many irrelevant courses that have little financial gain after college but add an expensive burden in loan payments? If your councilor was on your side these things would not be touted as worth your time and money and if the universities and colleges were filled with honorable people these stupid courses wouldn’t even exist. What I do find fascinating is these places are so hot to get ever dime they can get their hands on and yet are hotbeds of corrupt socialist propaganda constantly decrying the capitalist agenda as greedy.
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