US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High

Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by dragonsky67 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:20PM (#14363649)

bariereefwozere's point still stands. A small group of people could get as good, if not better education by privately employing the lecturers. I'd say the lecturers would get a better deal as well. The only thing you would miss out on is the piece of paper from the hallowed institution.

I suppose in the end that is the point. It's the piece of paper that has the value/door opening ability, not the actual knowledge imparted.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by ericd on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:23PM (#14363667)

Yeah, I agree with him that there is probably a better alternative, starting a new school could be the way.

Part of the problem with that route is that a big part of university education is the signaling and brand value, and that's hard to replace via tutoring. Maybe that won't always be such a big factor, though.

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Re:US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High by fwefwwfe on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @07:23PM (#14363666)

That doesn't seem true in a lot of programming jobs, and from what I heard also not in other engineering jobs.

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