“College for all” - Is it realistic or hokey or insidious?

[VelvetFedora]

Originally Posted by grimace8

Personally, I've ALWAYS been against the "college for all" movement. It's full of delusions and it's probably a brainchild of the student loan industry.

I think you're on to something. Imagine how much money a college – or a lender – stands to make each time a student unprepared or not suited for college enrolls, attends for a year or so, drops out, and defaults on the loans. The colleges make money because having those students attend for at least a while makes them more money than keeping them out completely. The lenders swim in the windfalls of the interest accrued on those loans. And better yet, since college is now "required" to get even a 25K job with minimal benefits, we now have a proliferation of barely credentialed or non-credentialed, for-profit schools that teach young people neither basic skills nor job skills.

Beautiful system, isn't it?

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by grimace8

are you referring to germany? my sister had a german friend and they'd *** about stuff like this.

I don't know which country that poster is referring to, but a tracking system like that is common in many European countries.

I think we need to separate "not everyone needs to go to college" from "not everyone should go to college", or, even worse IMO, "Some people are just not college 'material' ". I think pretty much anyone can go to college (with a few exceptions for people who are mentally disabled). That is different from needing and/or wanting to go.

[alphamale]

The best movie line of all time was from Caddy Shack.....

"the world needs ditch diggers, too."

[VM1138]

There simply aren't enough jobs requiring college jobs. Already we're seeing overspecialization which is evil. You practically need a Bachelor's to run a hotel desk now. I mean, there are just jobs that you shouldn't need a college degree for, it just hurts people who don't go to college and burns a lot of money. Like someone mentioned early in this thread, it's just a boon for student loan companies.