Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu...
by HWR_14 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:46PM
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In response to your problems:
> 1) Skilled trades pay better than most bachelor's degree track jobs
This is a problem that the colleges cannot fix. It's not the college systems fault teacher pay is being held back so much (unless by that you mean they should dramatically increase professors' salaries, so that the higher rates in academia trickle down.)
> 2) There are better options than college for many.
This is point 1 again. Digital Marketing is just a different skilled trade.
> 3) College is way over priced.
Isn't that because tuition has been a larger and larger portion of their income?
> They claim graduates make 40% over their lifetime vs. non grads. JP Morgan Chase did a study two years ago that shows kids that had a job, any job before age 18 make 35% more than their peers over their lifetime regardless of degree.
Sure, and? That's not relevant to the discussion, because they just isolated one variable. If both statements are true, you would expect a college educated person who had a job before 18 to make 89% more than someone who did neither.
> 4) Student loans are a horror that needs to stop.
I agree. But it's not the college system's fault that public support (financially) nosedived over the past couple of decades.
> 1) Skilled trades pay better than most bachelor's degree track jobs
This is a problem that the colleges cannot fix. It's not the college systems fault teacher pay is being held back so much (unless by that you mean they should dramatically increase professors' salaries, so that the higher rates in academia trickle down.)
> 2) There are better options than college for many.
This is point 1 again. Digital Marketing is just a different skilled trade.
> 3) College is way over priced.
Isn't that because tuition has been a larger and larger portion of their income?
> They claim graduates make 40% over their lifetime vs. non grads. JP Morgan Chase did a study two years ago that shows kids that had a job, any job before age 18 make 35% more than their peers over their lifetime regardless of degree.
Sure, and? That's not relevant to the discussion, because they just isolated one variable. If both statements are true, you would expect a college educated person who had a job before 18 to make 89% more than someone who did neither.
> 4) Student loans are a horror that needs to stop.
I agree. But it's not the college system's fault that public support (financially) nosedived over the past couple of decades.