Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher education (2018)

Re:Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher educ... by ohaideredevs on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @10:55AM (#19442805)

I think the biggest part of the problem isn't that there are liberal arts degrees, it's that they aren't clearly labelled "these are for the rich kids who never need to work".

Same for any "business major", of course, except double major in accounting on CPA track.

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Re:Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher educ... by linuxftw on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:24AM (#19443087)

If you consider the amount of public funding that goes into higher education, degrees for 'rich kids that never need to work' is not a good use of taxpayer dollars. In effect, the liberal arts degrees themselves are the problem.

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Re:Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher educ... by ativzzz on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:11AM (#19442962)

> Same for any "business major"

Dunno about that, many of my middle class friends with degrees in Finance, Marketing, MIS, etc, went on to secure well paying jobs right out of college, and now 5-6 years later are doing really well for themselves. Also I know people who went to big 4 consulting out of undergrad with liberal arts degrees.

I think it depends more on the school than the major. A shitty school with bad career coaching that doesn't teach you how to 'sell' yourself to prospective employers will have unemployed software engineers.

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