Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market
by andrewjl on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:29PM
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Society benefits when people get more educated, period, including better voting decision, more civic engagement, and ability to build social ties across class, ethnic, and ideological lines.
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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market
by throwaway30yo on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:59PM
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Sure, but a modern day University is not a great model for education. All of the information from a 4 year degree can be found on the internet for free. Essentially you are buying accountability and for some majors getting past their barriers of entry.
Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market
by andrewjl on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @04:20PM
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It's not about information. It's about learning how to work with others in the context of a complex institution, critical thinking by interacting with others who have different viewpoints, and in the case of post graduate degrees creating new knowledge.
Those things cannot be done over the Internet easily.