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Moneyshot

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The whole four year college “experience” model is broken


And quite frankly, outdated. Don’t get me wrong, I loved every minute of my four years at UVA, and recognize my education went well beyond the classroom...but the idea of racking up 250-300k of debt to spend four years on a residential college experience is a terrible waste of money and a luxury that most can’t afford today...especially when students can take the same content in 2-3 years working straight thru the summers and utilizing on-line and other non-traditional education platforms. My guess is that over the next 20 years the mid/lower tier private colleges are going to start folding (it sweetbriar) unless they come up with ways to make their service cost-effective. As it stands today, the ROI just isn’t there.

And don’t even get me started on the lack of adequate vocational training available and the stigma attached to learning a trade vs heading off to State U...

(In response to this post by BocaHoo91)

Posted: 04/22/2019 at 10:05AM



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