"The Case Against College Education" via Time
Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Kelly Sutton Man, the world runs out of money and the first things to go are golden parachutes and lobbying fees degrees from higher education. Last week, we posted a video from Fox News questioning the value of higher education on political grounds. It garnered quite a few comments. When you look at it, $100,000+ is a lot to spend to destroy your brain enlighten your mind. This week, Time is pitching in.
It is absurd that people have to get college degrees to be considered for good jobs in hotel management or accounting — or journalism. It is inefficient, both because it wastes a lot of money and because it locks people who would have done good work out of some jobs.
While I'm not sure about the hotel management side of things (Readers: chime in), I don't think it's federal mandates that prevent people without college degrees getting jobs in accounting or journalism. Sure, there's the CPA, but there isn't a similar organization for professional journalists. And some of the most interesting and progressive people are those doing extra-curricular activities, completely exclusive of their college educations. While we're learning to constantly question the norm while in school, this is bordering on a little too much college-hating for me from large publications.
"The Case Against College Education" [via TIME]
What do you think?
Reader Comments (2)
It can hardly be argued that the process is inefficient or ineffective due to the laggards and ruffians among us. A college degree is not the pale facsimile of fulfillment. It is accomplishment. The American system of learning is not flawed. The American college system is different from most around the world because it teaches you to think outside the box. It lets you fail. It doesn't suppress those who think differently.
"People who go to college are, on average, smarter than people who don't".
Bravo.
The process is slow and painful. Why are there so many classes that are required? I think writing is a necessity but some of them are really repetitive and it is a piece of paper. It IS an accomplishment in how amazing college students are at surviving. Congratulations.