You can read this article about it and see what people are saying in the comments.
I debated whether I should share my thoughts here or on my other blog, piecesofm, but decided to feature it here as I think this topic is 100% HealthyButJuicy, as it relates to education. Being unemployed with two degrees from an Ivy League institution, healthy, and juicy, this really hits home...
Contributing to the conversation, here are my thoughts:
In my experience, college is too heavily focused on its business-- increasing enrollment and tuition rates-- and not enough on equipping students with the skills they need post-graduation. Rationalizing that college graduates are 'exposed to many different forms of thinking', as Schwartz touts, may be a nice idea but they end up being pretty useless as well. Literally. How many times do you see History majors in completely unrelated professions? And what good is it for them to have the knowledge they don't use (and likely forget) IN ADDITION to the burden of never-ending student loans?
Flat out, schools are not prepping their students enough to pay off those loans with jobs in which they can actually apply the knowledge they learned and paid for. Practical makes complete sense and this disruption in education is exactly what we need. It's not to say all students should or will be redirected and/or geared to the tech industry but, at least for those who know that's what they want, they will be much better prepared and connected.
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