It seems the bubble popped by academia (hiring armies of academics and admin staffs) is bursting at long last. Hope some of them will find a job in the market economy
pull down to refresh
pull down to refresh
It seems the bubble popped by academia (hiring armies of academics and admin staffs) is bursting at long last. Hope some of them will find a job in the market economy
My area (TX) has been developing some really good community / technical colleges. The really effective thing they have been doing is having industry-funded programs.
So a kid can do something like go into Petroleum Engineering which may be an Exxon funded program. The student can then transition into intern program at Exxon.
So from a 30,000 ft level you have:
I really hope this idea starts spreading as it appears to be the way out for many young highschool graduates.
This is how I funded my engineering degree.
We called it co-op back in the 70's.
Could be very reasonable decision.
Excellent development
The feds made some reforms to how grant funding can be used and it's obliterating university admin. Combined with the generally tighter federal funds, there's quite a squeeze on academia right now.
This has been a long time coming. Higher ed enrollments have been declining for the past decade and returns to college are zero for all but the very best students.
Random coincidences: Chicago (same sound - written as ci cago) means I shit over it in Italian.
Paywalled, ironically.
edit: https://archive.is/X9pxZ