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118 sats \ 3 replies \ @OGD21 8 May \ on: The Case for Universities (Financial Times, Simon Kuper) econ
Universities will die out without major change.
Thinking back on my time in college (graduated in 2023 from a public state school), it offered me little to no true value. I saw 3 large issues going through undergrad.
- The College's goals are misaligned with the customers (students)
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Colleges only care about making money and making their school more exclusionary to create a facade of being an "elite University".
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Students care about getting skills that translate to getting a job and making money. Most are too brainwashed to care about price... That is a whole different rabbit hole
- College doesn't teach you the skills you need for the workforce
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I majored in finance and only saw the business school, but it was a mess...
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The majority of my professors have never worked outside of academia and were hard to understand due to speaking broken English.
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Want to learn how to actually use Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc? You're going to have to figure that one out on your own.
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Want to learn how to get a job? Going to the job fair with a resume in hand is not going to get you there. Yet again, you're on your own for that one.
- College brainwashes students into believing the slip of paper is "special"
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In school, if you do the basics, you get a slip of paper and a mindset that you deserved it and deserve a great job because of it.
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Get ready for the cruel reality of the world, but just showing up or doing the bare minimum does not guarantee success or money.
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No company worth its salt wants to deal with a whiny little brat who has never gone above and beyond. There are a million other people with that same slip of paper.
TLDR: College needs major changes made. My time in undergrad offered little true value. Here are the top 3 issues I saw going through school.
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I'm sure it is difficult to deal with students who are unmotivated and unprepared for a college course load. I hope you do your best to offer value to your students!
"A big part of the problem is the students themselves."
This is the equivalent of a company blaming its customers for its subpar products or services, and a viewpoint that makes no sense to me...
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