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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

Trump team looking to cut aid to college majors that don’t result in high paying jobs

www.independent.co.uk

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Trump team looking to cut aid to college majors that don’t result in high paying jobs

www.independent.co.uk

dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 8 days ago
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Critics have argued the Education Department’s proposed rule requires ‘critical adjustments’
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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    That would be all majors, in Trump’s economy.

  • 9tr6gyp3
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    I guess fuck anyone chasing their “American Dream”

  • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.works
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    I didn’t realize college is just a trade school.

    • Eat_Your_Paisley
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      Nietzsche wrote about this subject 150 years ago

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        And the Greeks long before him. The entire university system is based on the concept of liberal education; this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with creating an educated populace.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_education

        • Eat_Your_Paisley
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          Right, but that’s not what he argued

    • Noxy@pawb.social
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      what else would it be?

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    And we all know he’s lying, again. He’ll cut some majors and then make a u-turn and restore money for bible studies, or at for-profit universities that pay him off. Because everything is a scam to him.

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