When Did This Happen?

[forsyth]

When did a college education change from an education into job training that you pay for yourself? Because that's all a lot of degrees have become these days. And the costs keep going up, too. And you pretty much need a college education for almost any halfway decent job today. Nice setup for the companies, innit?

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[evilcarp.livejournal.com]

Which companies? You need to start telling us who the hell you're talking about instead of leaving it to a vaguely threatening "them."

I don't see a lot of degrees that are basically job training. There are certainly degrees that prepare you for a career, but it's not like you can get to a job and not have to be given any training. I don't know of many companies historically that have paid their employees to put them through years of training just to lay the groundwork for their career before they actually get a job.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

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