sanitation@lemmy.today to politics · 23 days agoMore states pilot 3-year college degrees, seeking to address rising tuitionwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
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minus-squareqarbonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoIt’s roughly the same education. But has the stigma of online colleges faded with employers yet?
minus-squareRaftDespairPoise@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoEmployers aren’t hiring new college grads anyway. That’s what AI is for.
minus-squareqarbonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoDamn, true. Wait, so why even go to college? Self-enrichment? In this economy?
minus-squareRaftDespairPoise@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoPeople used to pursue higher education for enrichment, and to unlock opportunities they could not yet foresee. Now it’s viewed as some additional hoop to jump through to get a job that doesn’t (typically) require physical labor.
It’s roughly the same education.
But has the stigma of online colleges faded with employers yet?
Employers aren’t hiring new college grads anyway. That’s what AI is for.
Damn, true.
Wait, so why even go to college?
Self-enrichment? In this economy?
People used to pursue higher education for enrichment, and to unlock opportunities they could not yet foresee. Now it’s viewed as some additional hoop to jump through to get a job that doesn’t (typically) require physical labor.