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Re:Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher educ... by linuxftw on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:21AM (#19443064)
Just ask the burger flippers how it's such a great value to society. Unless you mean middle/upper class society, then yeah, sure. For the poor, helps them in no way imaginable.
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Re:Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher educ... by kiliantics on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:45AM (#19443338)
Well it's not like the business/tech majors are helping the poor either. If anything, they help keep people poor more than the history majors do.
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Re:Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher educ... by FiddlyPack on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:12PM (#19448501)
Did you miss the part where I said it has a negative economic impact on individuals, even though it may net more good to the collective as a whole? It’s a sort of free-rider problem, and I don’t fault any individual for playing the game.
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