By: vincent878
“More use of formal short training programs run by private firms or employers that certify competence in specific areas of expertise — trade schools if you will.”Vedder heads in the right direction...
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like swiss cheese, this article. what more do you expect from a member of the American Enterprise Institute? ad hominem arguments aside, college is still the best economic choice, regardless of major,...
View ArticleBy: ronwf
Last paragraph, I should have used square brackets instead of angle ones, so that “Studies” becomes “[Ethnic/Racial] Studies]”.
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arrive_2net says:”in general they have demonstrated the ability to maintain a log term effort toward a major goal; have the intellectual development to understand the complex context of modern work and...
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Concur I do in general with 4 and in particular with No’s 5 and 3. Most “interdisciplinary” majors for undergraduates and most ___Studies, while they may attract intelligent and interested students,...
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Could not agree more with ronwf. Having a degree in “interdisciplinary studies in religion and women’s studies” seems at best ridiculous, at worst a sham on part of the college she went to. Yes, you...
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Although there are gradations and variations in ability among college grads, in general they have demonstrated the ability to maintain a log term effort toward a major goal; have the intellectual...
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Perhaps the reason that unemployment is higher for holders of bachelor’s degrees is that there are more of them that are unemployable. Consider the difference between your baseline of 1970 and today...
View ArticleBy: rbutler99
“Credential inflation”, as used in your article, assumes that college education is primarily for career — hence a mailman or sanitation worker who engaged in a college education, and received a degree,...
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In the article you state:”Whereas in 1940 it was perfectly respectable for persons with less than a high school education to deliver the mail and unknown for college graduates to do the same, by 2010...
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