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If something can't go on, it won't. This crisis will resolve itself when:

* Many colleges go bankrupt

* We are honest with our kids about the learning and signaling consequences of their choices

* Employers loosen their degree filters out of rational self interest

Universities are not for job training. There are much more effective ways to get job training like apprenticeship.

I'll make the same comment I make in all these threads: Requiring a college education is the last bastion of socially acceptable racism. If we can break that, then we have a shot at knocking that third item off the list.

Is there a term for using racism in a post online like hitler is to godwin ?

Not everything can solve or be attributed to race. We are all the human race and the sooner everyone starts thinking like that the better

If you don't have a degree your resume is just binned along with the ones with spelling mistakes. To compete you just need that piece of paper; it has nothing to do with training.

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