guys... that's NOT WHAT HE SAID. n Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:39 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/15/2012 12:18 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > > > Does everyone need to go to college? > > Probably not. > > > Has the product of a college education been watered down by the swelling > > number of graduates? That is, is a college degree really that impressive > > when everyone has one? > > It has been watered down in certain fields, but the more specialized > ones are still OK. > > > Is the education gained at Harvard for 4 years (200k) really that much > > better than the education gained at UMass over 4 years (50k)? > > I have no idea. > > > What's the difference between an unemployed graduate of secondary school > > and and unemployed graduate of college? Possibly a large debt. Is the > > debt worth it? > > Well, the person with the degree has a big one-up over the person that > doesn't, so if they end up fighting for the same job, preference will be > given to the degree holder, on average. Then again, it probably doesn't > matter if you get a job being the slurpie machine cleaner at 7-11 > > My degree is Information Design with a specialization in Web App. > Development. I also minored in Professional Business. I am of the > biased opinion that a degree so specifically relevant to my chosen > career field is worth the debt and does give me an advantage. > > > Where is the career path guidance for students who do go to college? Is > > the outlook for employment for graduates of the English Literature > program > > that strong? > > Nope, unless you are going into teaching and that is iffy. > > There are guidance centers and things, but the students have to seek > them out. Also, the guidance people will often listen to what the > student wants and not even argue what might be best for them. > > > J > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
