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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by LudwigNagasena on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:38PM (#23035799)
The problem is that universities are neither trade schools nor a place to broaden your horizons. It is a way to get a credential that you can use to signal your worth on the job market.

If testing your skills was done outside of school GRE-style, would all these people who pay many thousands of dollars to get a diploma pay so much? I really doubt it.

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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by ZoomerCretin on Thursday April 30, 2020 @05:15PM (#23036228)
>It is a way to get a credential that you can use to signal your worth on the job market.

What a sad state of affairs we find ourselves in that this attitude is common.

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