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Education is a form of signaling BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 31/05/2010 11:02:36 PM
Although, given the college-for-all situation you describe, it's getting to be that a bachelor's is the new high school diploma.

and talking about how people are wasting their money in college and all, one would think you'd also criticize the whole "law school requires a bachelor first" system that forces American students to spend several years of time and in many cases large amounts of money on a degree that is merely supposed to be background for their law studies. Surely that is even more of a waste than getting a BA in humanities and then nothing else, considering that such a BA does constitute a serious advantage on the labour market over people who don't have it, even in jobs that don't have much to do with the humanities you studied.

And that's without even going into the topic of the general requirements in American colleges.
For professional programs like Law and even Medicine, having degrees in English/History/Philosophy/Classics or Bio/Chem are only marginally useful for day-to-day work. But they are a way of weeding out the dedicated/gifted... or so the Admissions Offices would have us believe.
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One of the stupidest New York Times articles I've ever read Tom - 30/05/2010 03:17:03 PM 1236 Views
Added to which she sounds like a spoiled brat Wibble - 30/05/2010 03:46:06 PM 926 Views
I think she's still slightly below the national average. Tom - 30/05/2010 04:26:16 PM 703 Views
I am uncertain if she is working full time. cmdjing - 31/05/2010 12:57:29 AM 786 Views
Have to agree here ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/05/2010 05:54:54 PM 704 Views
It's a column, not a real article... and it's more critical than you suggest. Legolas - 30/05/2010 04:02:26 PM 705 Views
No it isn't. Tom - 30/05/2010 04:24:20 PM 736 Views
Re: No it isn't. Legolas - 30/05/2010 04:56:42 PM 708 Views
Šertam aštakun Tom - 31/05/2010 04:14:28 AM 618 Views
I'm going to guess that wasn't very nice. Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:11:43 PM 697 Views
Subject was Akkadian, body was Sumerian. Tom - 31/05/2010 02:27:24 PM 639 Views
Here's the saddest part ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 30/05/2010 06:10:48 PM 782 Views
Very bad life planning, and sadly, it's not an isolated case. Tom - 31/05/2010 04:01:46 AM 652 Views
Same. Humanities, while necessary, are something of a luxury given the numbers. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 07:35:25 AM 368 Views
"the best laid plans of mice and men" etc etc moondog - 31/05/2010 05:56:22 PM 654 Views
strange that you should be surprised AgentOrange - 04/06/2010 06:06:19 PM 702 Views
i don't think she's saying it's someone else's fault moondog - 30/05/2010 09:08:29 PM 684 Views
Re: One of the stupidest New York Times articles I've ever read everynametaken - 30/05/2010 11:36:40 PM 687 Views
Don't get me started on the "everyone should go to college" mantra Tom - 31/05/2010 04:07:34 AM 666 Views
Re: Don't get me started on the "everyone should go to college" mantra everynametaken - 31/05/2010 04:23:54 AM 657 Views
100% in your camp here. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:35:45 AM 613 Views
I don't see the point in a humanities major if you aren't planning to get more than a bachelor's. Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 07:41:40 AM 813 Views
srsly. way to devalue a bachelor's degree, american society 9_9 LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 08:07:47 AM 614 Views
I have a BA in English Literature. Rebekah - 31/05/2010 11:20:28 AM 736 Views
that's fair enough, since that's why you took it LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 10:20:36 PM 691 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:30:53 AM 654 Views
I think you mean "the government acts all brokenhearted about the amount of student debt." *NM* Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 09:38:38 AM 388 Views
Heh. True fact. *NM* Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:56:09 AM 260 Views
That's kind of a weak reason, though. Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 11:11:49 PM 643 Views
I'm pretty sure I didn't use that as my reason... Rebekah - 31/05/2010 11:15:32 PM 665 Views
That's true, although I don't know how many jobs that's useful for. Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 01:20:29 AM 634 Views
That's fine. And I didn't go to Uni to get a job. I went for the education. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:29:28 AM 822 Views
I want to make clear that I, as a humanities major, really do like the humanities. Ghavrel - 01/06/2010 09:37:39 AM 813 Views
I know. Rebekah - 01/06/2010 09:55:41 AM 734 Views
If we're going down that path, though... Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:17:49 PM 776 Views
the bachelor requirement for professional programs... LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 10:22:27 PM 704 Views
Education is a form of signaling BlackAdder - 31/05/2010 11:02:36 PM 690 Views
I do. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/05/2010 11:08:27 PM 261 Views
Some of us had the best intentions and then sabotaged them lyringlas - 02/06/2010 04:39:33 PM 717 Views
there is one more group that needs to take some of the blame random thoughts - 31/05/2010 01:58:39 AM 629 Views
Re: there is one more group that needs to take some of the blame everynametaken - 31/05/2010 02:39:14 AM 680 Views
Forget morale, the entire concept is immoral. LiterateDog - 31/05/2010 02:52:08 AM 660 Views
Nonsense. everynametaken - 31/05/2010 03:01:32 AM 683 Views
that's not what you're talking about though. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:40:45 AM 694 Views
Korea has that policy and look what a nice place that is...er, wait a minute... *NM* Dark Knight - 31/05/2010 06:08:14 AM 390 Views
So do many democratic countries across the world. And your point is what? *NM* everynametaken - 31/05/2010 06:36:14 AM 362 Views
No, that's called paying taxes. Dreaded Anomaly - 31/05/2010 07:00:21 PM 669 Views
That would be a less repulsive idea if it wasn't so very sexist. Legolas - 31/05/2010 12:19:54 PM 695 Views
Heh, had the same thought. jh - 31/05/2010 12:47:16 PM 588 Views
We can put a man on the moon but looking at job number is too complicated? random thoughts - 31/05/2010 04:03:38 PM 776 Views
yeah, i probably would've rethought that physics degree if there were such a program in place moondog - 31/05/2010 03:27:14 AM 612 Views
physics BS is useless even I know that. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:43:36 AM 584 Views
We hire people with physics degrees all the time random thoughts - 31/05/2010 03:41:12 PM 587 Views
believe me, i tried moondog - 31/05/2010 05:59:09 PM 633 Views
Physics degrees have a variety of applications. Dreaded Anomaly - 31/05/2010 07:02:57 PM 633 Views
Re: Physics degrees have a variety of applications. moondog - 31/05/2010 07:59:22 PM 856 Views
you are near Denver right? random thoughts - 02/06/2010 09:33:06 PM 649 Views
at the time i was in wisconsin, never lived in denver before moondog - 03/06/2010 02:01:23 AM 641 Views
lots of high tech jobs in Texas random thoughts - 04/06/2010 06:29:39 PM 622 Views
i had a tech job in texas, still no physics jobs though moondog - 04/06/2010 07:10:29 PM 622 Views
ugh. stupid twat. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 02:21:27 AM 681 Views
See, you have a plan. Tom - 31/05/2010 04:08:24 AM 608 Views
yah. she's a stupid twat. and as you've pointed out, not the only one. LadyLorraine - 31/05/2010 04:42:20 AM 644 Views
so stupid *NM* Aisha - 31/05/2010 02:35:19 AM 234 Views
What a useless leech. LiterateDog - 31/05/2010 02:53:24 AM 646 Views
She works for a photographer. everynametaken - 31/05/2010 03:03:44 AM 661 Views
Women's Studies empowered her to make a victim out of herself. Aeryn - 31/05/2010 05:00:38 AM 673 Views
It's not just the women Tom - 31/05/2010 02:29:34 PM 636 Views
There used to be this thing called responsibility... SilverWarder - 31/05/2010 04:58:21 PM 671 Views
Re: There used to be this thing called responsibility... everynametaken - 31/05/2010 07:50:17 PM 804 Views
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