Comment Re: The government has been pushing college for ye (Score 3, Insightful) 266
" If you don't see the value in an educated populace, there's no hope for you"
If you don't see the drag on the economy such debt creates, there's no hope for you.
The way we are doing things is driving up the cost of education, increasing the amount of debt students must assume. And NOBODY appears to be doing a ROI when taking those loans.
Go to community college and then transfer to state. Shine there and maybe go to graduate school. You don't need "the college experience" on top of the education (living on campus across the country). Particularly if you need to take a loan for it.
30%-40% drop out and dont even get a degree. But they're still in debt. This isn't a healthy way to manage education or life planning.
"College isn't trade school"
Maybe a healthy chunk of folks should go to trade school if so many cant make to the finish line. Think about it! Plumbers are aging out and we don't have enough folks in the field to replace them! We need far more skilled plumbers than folks with degrees in biology or some generic humanities subject with post-grad skills as a barista.