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The Internet is a very, very strange place.
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"One way to test the truth of the proposition that college isn't worth it is to observe elite behavior. Are applications to Stanford dropping? Is Harvard going begging? Are the Fortune 500 recruiting at public high schools across America?
I didn't think so.
The whole enterprise just smells to me like the latest variation on "let's privatize Social Security" or "let's replace Medicare with vouchers." It's the wealthy and their worshippers sloughing off any social obligation, basically dropping the ladder behind them. If that weren't the case, if they actually believed what they said, I'd expect to see the best and brightest from Choate and Philips Exeter eschewing college and doing startups or joining the military instead. Um, no."
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My post below elicited a lot of response. One thing to point out though, which I want to emphasize: a higher proportion of smart people go to college now than in the past. How can this be?
There are a lot of small four year colleges around, and the competition is tough.
What roles should community colleges play in training the bioeconomy workforce of the future?
Send your answers to bioeconomy@ostp.gov by Dec. 6th.
I made a comment earlier that college students, and by inference college graduates, are not as intelligent as they used to be on average. I made that comment based on what I'd seen in the General Social Survey.