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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by AnimalMuppet on Monday June 24, 2019 @11:47AM (#20264738)
Infrastructure spending is worthwhile, but it still has "bridges to nowhere". Similarly, education is worthwhile, but it also has "degrees to nowhere". Not all degrees for all people are worth their cost.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by cjbprime on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:08PM (#20266510)
Even if I agreed that some degrees are worth less to humanity, I'd still want to fund all of them, because I don't know (and don't think you know) which ones are which.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by ptah on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:08AM (#20272059)
there is no way of telling which degree would lead to progress. Steve Jobs famously studied calligraphy after dropping out but still "auditing" classes. if he didn't study "useless" courses effectively tuition free, apple would never have come to pass.
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