RE: "Colleges Are Preparing Kids For An Economy That No Longer Exists" As They Continue To Scam Parents And Students
Once upon a time, a college education was something very useful and was nearly a guarantee for a better life. But, over the years, colleges have become so inclusive that it required them to broaden their offerings to the point that many degrees are virtually worthless. It has become a big business and unfortunately a political entity as well.
Learning code is a very good idea for the future of any student. I have been seriously debating whether or not to send my daughters to college or to teach them how to earn on my own. I have a few years yet, but if colleges continue down this trendline, my choice may be simple.
Unless a child is going for a very specific degree such as pre-med, nursing, programming, law, engineering, etc., it might be best to forego this expense.
Education is political. I quite agree with your point, degrees are being diluted. There are many degrees that should never have been created, they pull students into a trap of further study, sold to them on an the ‘university experience'. With issues of de skilling better placements and apprenticeships should be presented as viable and compelling alternative. We are heading into a university system that will be dominated by the privileged and then the rest who will be broken by debt.
If I had my time again I would re think my whole strategy. Learning to code would be one of them. I spent six year studying to enter into one of the most precarious industries, but am old enough to have got through my education before getting slammed by massive tuition fees.
I have a few jobs to support my practice and one of them is teaching. I spend a significant amount of time talking about the realities of creative industries and getting students to consider financial strategies and serious scrutiny of what really is the merit of further education and if they choose that route making sure they see it as work and how to make every penny of it count.
Well, it used to be that college is an institution for knowledge. With technology like Youtube, Wikipedia, and the like, information can be dispensed freely and cheaply. Honestly, from a benefit-cost analysis, it simply doesn't make sense for anyone to pay such a high annual tuition fee where one can get the same information for less than a fraction of the cost on the Internet.
The people who don't make use of the Internet will be left behind. No doubt about that.