Is college worth it?

Post #389,062 by drook 5/1/14 11:34:38 AM Reply	Is college worth it? https://www.youtube....tch?v=t_N7MAr98CI Damn, this guy is good. I was mentally cataloging the ways I disagreed with his analysis, right until he got to his point. Then ... well shit, yeah, he's right. -- Drew
Post #389,066 by gcareaga 5/1/14 5:18:38 PM Reply	Re: Is college worth it? 1. The kid should drink way less coffee or do one fewer lines of coke before recording a video. 2. I believe in the economic and non-economic value of a liberal arts education back in the day (mine). 3. As a member of the academy, I believe in the economic value (mine) of a liberal arts education (theirs) today. 4. The calculus between my experience and their experience has changed a lot. A lot of kids have to think job skills first. 5. There was a link to a commercial for ITT Tech at the end of the video, one of the worst edsploitation purveyors out there. That sucked.
Post #389,073 by boxley 5/1/14 8:10:58 PM Reply	some degrees are worth more than others a liberal arts education like yours indicates that you are educated. I would much prefer to hire someone with a music major to an IT position than a grad from a trade school specializing in IT. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #389,072 by Another Scott 5/1/14 8:03:54 PM Reply	I knew I recognized him from somewhere... He did the "Applying for health insurance" clip a while back. https://www.youtube....tch?v=ql9RVy6FWkg Yup. He's very good. Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #389,080 by dmcarls 5/1/14 10:35:27 PM Reply	The Atlantic took a look at this a few years ago [...] "The implication is crystal clear: Learn more, earn more. The more education you have attained, the more likely you are to be employed and earn a higher salary." [...] http://www.theatlant...e-worth-it/69701/ The author above writes about a paper that was published: http://www.epi.org/p...ncome_inequality/
Post #389,090 by drook 5/2/14 8:13:04 AM Reply	Maybe When you control for class it's not so clear. If you have wealthy parents, you are more likely to go to college and more likely to make money. Within quintiles, the benefit of college is much smaller. -- Drew
Post #389,092 by mmoffitt 5/2/14 9:36:19 AM Reply	Being in a lower quintile w/o college is no option.
Post #389,095 by drook 5/2/14 10:52:37 AM Reply	Exactly. Correlation is not causation -- Drew
Post #389,106 by Ashton 5/2/14 6:30:54 PM Reply	Further confounded by.. Language itself! ie. Academia reigns supreme (excluding the insane illogic of politics in the disUSA--of course, where clarity is not even an aim) in possessing the largest vocabulary, employed assiduously to 'Its' own aims, POV re any reformation? 'improvements in methods', Cost cutting sans Quality-cutting etc. Being thus ~unassailable (amongst those who possess at least, a recognition-vocabulary to comprehend--if not a speaking- one), methinks that complicates most rational discussions re Their part in the scarcity of decent education--a barrier to most cost-cuttiong schemes. But at least an honorable one.. Quintiles is a decent parse, (but is this not a Mare's Nest to er, disambiguate?) Lastly, as rational-debate becomes rare in this kultur.. well, you know.. Mayhap we need a PIQ-Test, a prerequisite for any candidate for >Political Office< to Register -??- if we can find some Fairwitness-grade group to administer same. Ummm, never mind,

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