Do you think these boards will be filled with “progressives” once the higher education bubble bursts?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Sunday_Reflections/Higher-education_s-bubble-is-about-to-burst-95639354.html
Bubbles burst when there are no longer enough excessively optimistic and ignorant folks to fuel them. And there are signs that this is beginning to happen already.
A New York Times profile last week described Courtney Munna, a 26-year-old graduate of New York University with nearly $100,000 in student loan debt — debt that her degree in Religious and Women’s Studies did not equip her to repay. Payments on the debt are about $700 per month, equivalent to a respectable house payment, and a major bite on her monthly income of $2,300 as a photographer’s assistant earning an hourly wage.
Why does everybody have to go to college? There are many skills and trades that do not require a college degree. IT specialists are more about the qualifications and certifications than a college education. Pilots, police officers, etc. have specialized training for their work.
However, what was she thinking about getting such a useless degree, nevermind the crazy amount of money she spent on it. She should have worked for a degree in photography!
I think we will see “progressives” disappearing when they realize having a socialist-utopian vision doesn’t put food on the table. The question is moot.