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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by andreilys on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:27PM (#24631265)
You’d learn more about the humanities by traveling for a year, than spending 4 years being lectured to by ivory tower academics.

Perhaps we should allow the Peace Corps to grant 4-year degrees? I feel like that would give you the best of both worlds.

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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by triceratops on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:56PM (#24631564)
> You’d learn more about the humanities by traveling for a year

What exactly do you think "the humanities" are?

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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by andreilys on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:14PM (#24631762)
Spending 4 years learning to write essays that align with the views of your professors
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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by triceratops on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:45PM (#24632077)
Nope, that's not it. Try again.
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