Defrauded students to receive loan forgiveness

Re:Defrauded students to receive loan forgiveness by baron816 on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:38PM (#26518853)

> there are plenty of non-profit schools that offer useless degrees in the forms of useless/impractical majors.

Ugh. This again. College != vocational school. You don’t go to college to learn a trade or gain skills to get your first job. You’re building skills that you’ll use through the entirety of your career. Communication and critical thinking skills will never become obsolete.

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Re:Defrauded students to receive loan forgiveness by nicoburns on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:41PM (#26518891)

> Communication and critical thinking skills will never become obsolete.

True, but you don't need a college degree to learn communication or critical thinking skills. For some careers they are generally useful, but for a lot of careers they're just a tax on entry.

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Re:Defrauded students to receive loan forgiveness by endisneigh on Friday March 19, 2021 @06:42PM (#26518897)

You're correct, however my point that there exists non-profit schools that offer useless degrees, stands. Are you arguing otherwise? It's unclear from your post.

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Re:Defrauded students to receive loan forgiveness by vkou on Saturday March 20, 2021 @05:45AM (#26521886)

This may be true in some ideal platonic universe - but for real people living in the real world, college is indeed a vocational school.

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