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Re:Many Colleges Fail to Improve Critical-Thinking Skills by mannykannot on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:46AM (#14496220)
Why would one not be opposed to it? Not only do colleges not explicitly tell the students, they almost-explicitly promote contrary myths, as they must do in order to keep the pipeline filled. A generation is being encouraged to take on debt that many may never pay off, setting us up for a future crisis, in order to support the lifestyle of a privileged few.
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Re:Many Colleges Fail to Improve Critical-Thinking Skills by unit91 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:33AM (#14497059)
HR practices are the real problem, not just "the privileged few". Try getting a good job without a degree. It's tough. Until that changes, we're stuck with it.
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Re:Many Colleges Fail to Improve Critical-Thinking Skills by mannykannot on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @11:42AM (#14498067)
While HR practices may be contributing to the myth-making, neither HR nor the companies they are a part of are beneficiaries of this process.
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