Quote: (06-17-2014 09:59 PM)El Chinito loco Wrote:
Quote: (06-17-2014 09:12 PM)Samseau Wrote:
Actually, most people would be better off avoiding college.
The cost of college has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. In some states it has doubled and even tripled since I graduated. Think about how absurd this is for a moment and think about the opportunity cost.
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/08/colleges...the_media/
According to this Salon article, the increase is over 1,200% over 30 years. I think a year at Stanford runs $65K/yr for tuition alone. That's like buying a really nice car every year for 4 years.
Also, while it's common for an employer requiring a college degree for employment, employers commonly have to invest a great deal in getting college grads ready for the workforce, because colleges don't really teach job skills. I was reading something today that claimed that teacher training programs are so lacking in actual classroom skills that school districts are having to budget training money to get new graduates up to speed.
Fact is with stuff like Coursera, Universities are undercutting themselves. If you can get the classwork online for nothing, why get a degree? Get an entry level job, take the classwork, and advance through the old fashioned way. It's early to call that, but I think that we'll see the old apprenticeship system come back in some form.