Too bad higher education isn't about education. It's about brand and experience.

May 24, 2016
12:52:39pm

panguitch Contributor

Those are the things that are desired and they're driving the inflation. Unfortunately, they're also going to be the hardest things for alternatives to compete against.

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Freaking millenials

workindev

5/24/16 7:26am

Now hold on, they make some great points:

BringBackRoyalBlue

5/24/16 7:30am

A college degree is practically a necessity, why are they so expensive?

Dissenter

5/24/16 11:14am

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cvd6262

5/24/16 11:25am

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cvd6262

5/24/16 11:30am

That stat does not say what you think it says.

thecthdox

5/24/16 4:31pm

Thats not how supply/demand work...

Dissenter

5/24/16 11:51am

those are scary charts.

byujag

5/24/16 12:04pm

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Cabadapeste

5/24/16 12:11pm

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cvd6262

5/24/16 12:31pm

If they want a computer science, business admin or health science degree

Hoosier Cougar

5/24/16 12:49pm

Too bad higher education isn't about education. It's about brand and experience.

panguitch

5/24/16 12:52pm

After so long, it's more about experience and what you can deliver.

Hoosier Cougar

5/24/16 1:02pm

Google Bennett Hypothesis

Hank Rearden

5/24/16 4:49pm

It isn't a necessity - especially if you are getting a worthless liberal arts

workindev

5/24/16 2:11pm

I agree that going into debt for a useless degree is a bad idea

Dissenter

5/24/16 2:17pm

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cvd6262

5/24/16 2:31pm

That's a good point. There are pretty pointless degrees held by graduates who

Pretorian

5/25/16 3:57pm

Physical Therapists need minimal understanding?

VACOUGFAN

5/25/16 10:09pm

Pretorian

5/25/16 11:03pm

i understood completely.

VACOUGFAN

5/26/16 7:00am

Pretorian

5/26/16 10:50am

To be fair,

PezD

5/24/16 3:36pm

I'm a millenial. I'm also wondering if I could get a free car thrown in. It's

pistol12

5/24/16 7:32am

I don't see why not. There's not really any difference.

No touching

5/24/16 7:49am

If that did happen

ponys

5/24/16 7:34am

Me too

Bravescoug

5/24/16 7:51am

I wonder who is going to pay the loans

Nat Gas Man

5/24/16 7:55am

The greedy banks can take they hit. They can afford it.

srey

5/24/16 7:56am

The evil One-percenters, if course

cougarmeister

5/24/16 8:02am

"There's always a 1%"

WhiteKnight

5/24/16 8:06am

I'd be happy with a program that allowed us to refinance at reasonable rates

Twin Roots

5/24/16 8:17am

That is already an option in the private market. The government

molodyets

5/24/16 8:26am

I've checked the private market. It's only slightly better

Twin Roots

5/24/16 9:02am

Sofi rates are at like 2.9% Hard to get much better than that for unsecured debt

workindev

5/24/16 9:42am

So excited for all of you old people complaining about millenials to retire or

Cabadapeste

5/24/16 8:21am

Problem is all those old people aren't retiring.

panguitch

5/24/16 10:42am

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srey

5/24/16 10:50am

If obesity rates keep increasing we wont have to wait for them to retire.

Cabadapeste

5/24/16 10:51am

It's funny how old people, who completely screwed this country up, took benefits

GilaHank

5/24/16 8:28am

It seems like the overwhelming point is that no one wants to pay for anything

TNT

5/24/16 8:29am

RE: It's funny how old people, who completely screwed this country up, took

Cabadapeste

5/24/16 8:30am

Yep i dont expect to see a dime of social security and know the day is coming

monkeycowboy

5/24/16 9:19am

FYI ill have my $15,000 in student loans paid off in february. Just shy of

monkeycowboy

5/24/16 9:37am

I'm curious were your loans for undergrad? or Grad School?

Nat Gas Man

5/24/16 9:42am

Undergrad. Ive toyed with gradschool but i have hard time justifying the cost

monkeycowboy

5/24/16 10:03am

At least you are thinking and evaluating.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/24/16 9:34pm

Very well said. Sick of people targeting the Millennial generation.

Machiavelli

5/24/16 9:31am

Gen X were targets of ridicule and jokes too. They got over it.

Deadpool

5/24/16 10:11am

It's a right of passage to be able to start complaining about all the lazy

workindev

5/24/16 10:14am

I'm just not a fan of stereotypes, finger pointing, scapegoating, etc.

Machiavelli

5/24/16 11:04am

I can guarantee you 2 things:

workindev

5/24/16 9:40am

^^^ bank on this

HangookCoug

5/24/16 10:28am

I'm 56 and have paid out the wazoo. I'll probably never

B-Rex

5/24/16 10:32am

I know another B-Rex that could enunciate your feelings to the gov't well

Hoosier Cougar

5/24/16 10:57am

Its also funny that young people who want everything right now but don't want to

BYU I Bleed Blue

5/24/16 12:06pm

It's funny when people make blanket statements about "young people"

Machiavelli

5/24/16 12:42pm

Don't forget, they also raised the generation of millennials.

whirl

5/25/16 5:55am

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Machiavelli

5/26/16 9:02am

The problem is

Coug Dude

5/25/16 10:02pm

I'm surprised at how many people are so bothered by this discussion of millennials.

Blue Plate Special

5/24/16 12:53pm

I'll go ahead and respond since it seems I fit under the category of people

Machiavelli

5/24/16 1:49pm

And I would have to agree with you that generalizations do have the ability to negatively impact perceptions of self.

Blue Plate Special

5/24/16 2:11pm

I'm pretty sure what you say applies to every generation since the greatest

StalwartBraveTrue

5/24/16 10:07pm

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