“College isn’t about getting a job” is the perfect angle. It turns college into something so esoteric its success is impossible to measure, and therefore it’s impossible to fail.
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Replying to @AustenAllred
Would you still think of college without getting a job as a failure if it was free?
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Replying to @film42 @AustenAllred
Depends. But even if it were still valuable today, removing the only other thing a univ is accountable for (tuition) just makes them that much less likely to remain useful for anything over time. OPM is rarely ever spent well, esp over the long term.
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Replying to @michael_zaro @AustenAllred
Someone else pointed out there’s more to college than education: networking, making friends, sometimes finding spouses. Is the bad taste because we need to pay for it? If everything was the same, only tuition was free, would it be it still be a failure without a job after?
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Replying to @film42 @AustenAllred
Consider the pitch for a "university experience" where the main value of attendance was, "you'll make friends and maybe find a spouse." Is that worth 4 years/$40k+? Maybe, but it's a different conversation/decision than, "At university you will launch your career/adult life"
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The mismatch is in that most people go to college mainly looking for a career, but that's something that colleges provide almost by accident, and don't focus on at all. That's why it's not 100% broken and still mostly works for some people.
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