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NotPhil · 3635 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why we are looking at the ‘value’ of college all wrong
This is the problem the author was addressing. If we insist on seeing college as an economic good, then we, both students and schools, will ignore and neglect the educational aspect of it. Since education is the primary purpose of schools, we end up with an education that isn't. I don't think employers should be able to use degrees as a qualification for any sort of work.Secondly, colleges, or my college, has not felt like a place that you go to learn and expand your mind anymore. It's a place where you jump through hoops to get a degree to hopefully get a job that requires one, to hopefully make more money.