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Mechanical engineering - probably.
Arts degree in dance - probably not.
Mech E 😎
“probably”
I have a degree that I don’t use at all, but I’m still glad I went because of all that it taught me. It expanded my mind and helped me become a better citizen. I learned critical thinking and was forced to grapple with challenging ideas. I also met some cool people whom I had awesome adventures with. You can’t attach a dollar value to that, and it would be nonsensical to even try. This is one of the reasons why I think that college education should be free. It makes better citizens.
You sure sound like someone from the marketing department of a university. Making college “free” would need a heck of a lot of other changes to go along with it, or we will only have even more educated idiots than we do now.
Plenty of countries provide higher education at basically no cost to the public
Just because the US doesn’t want to figure it out doesn’t mean it isn’t possible
I think we have different ideas of what “no cost” means, unless I’m incorrect and that university professors and support staff in Europe are volunteers.
You tax the rich and that pays for it
Actually taxing the rich would pay for quite a bit
I thought a business degree would be very useful. Joke’s on me I guess. I haven’t had a single job that made use of my degree, but a few that “required” one that 40+ years ago probably wouldn’t even have required a high school diploma.
I’ve applied to jobs that required education I didn’t have. But I haven’t had a job yet that has asked me to prove it or show documentation. Once you show your competence they just don’t bother looking into it.
It depends on your degree and work experience.
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and I have one without a STEM degree. And I’m personally amazed how many of my engineering colleagues who have, often advanced, degrees who seem absolutely clueless.
An education doesn’t make someone smart, it makes them educated. There are plenty of educated dummies.
It’s not wrong, it’s just not universally right. Getting a degree in liberal arts and specializing in nothing will only broadly help you throughout life. Majoring in computer science, or medical, and actually learning the subjects will certainly set you up for financial success. Notice I said “set you up” and not “make you financially successful”. You still have a lot of work ahead of you before you can jump on the gravy train, but having the right skills gives you a trampoline instead of starting the jump from quicksand.
