Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Good short thread on accountability in higher edhttps://twitter.com/ryanallred/status/1143553311884242944 …

The goal should be to encourage people — young and old — to attend college **when they want to study or do something for which a college program is the most sensible option.** Far too many college students have no idea why they're there, aside from "I graduated high school."

We've enshrined the idea that college is the place for young people to figure out what they like. But: most undergrad courses aren't at all suited to that the alarmingly bloated costs to both students & taxpayers are very hard to justify if students aren't even interested

Consider that @LambdaSchool assigns substantial pre-course work. Presumably, this gives prospective students a chance to see whether they even *like* coding, and gives Lambda an opportunity to evaluate whether they can get each student to hireability in a relatively short time.

Commodification frustrates exploration of ideas

People who like what they do tend to think more about it, do better things with it & get paid more for it. Call that commodification if you wish. Most people want to work on things they enjoy working on *and* have an income.

I’m calling education with a tight timeframe and price, a commodification that frustrates ‘deep’ learning about what you want to do...