US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate degrees

Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by lc9er on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:42PM (#24630735)

And yet he attended Harvard, until acting picked up. You also kind of reinforced the actual point he was making - the preppy douchebag didn’t actually understand the material he was quoting. Rather, he had just memorized a bunch of stuff, which without comprehension, provides little value.

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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by andreilys on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:26PM (#24631242)

Yes and unfortunately thats the humanities education that most students get. How to game the system through rote memorization in order to get a high GPA so they can get into grad school.

Sure there are exceptions to the rule, just like how there are people who have contributed greatly to the humanities without stepping foot in a degree granting institution.

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