More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Apprenticeships

Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by whateverman23 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @05:47PM (#35213418)

I'm guess asking: Why is 4 years of dedication to a sport (in at least the D1 context) not considered an education on its own?

List the degrees achievable from a typical college, and rank them in terms of usefulness outside college. Then fit 4 years of a D1 sport into that list. I have a hard time believing the usefulness of 4 years of a D1 sport would be at the bottom of the list.

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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by BolexNOLA on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:12PM (#35213618)

I think the forms of education here are pretty darn distinct. Didn’t say it wasn’t worth it/wasn’t valuable. Same reason we have conservatories like with ballet.

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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by whateverman23 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:34AM (#35216581)

You can definitely get degrees in ballet/dancing, though. There are plenty of universities specializing in performance arts.

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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by BolexNOLA on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:57PM (#35222246)

Yes but those who want to perform often go to conservatories which are structured around the art/discipline first. We have no such equivalent for sports, except we sort of do and pretend they’re still there primarily for the education (basically every football team in the SEC).

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