Do you think all of the complaints kids have today about college expense are legitimate or just whiners?

[markg91359]

Originally Posted by Submariner

I attended an event this morning, where I got into a long conversation with a university professor who works in the physics department. Due to their current D.E.I. focus she is concerned that if she were to explain to students that only certain degrees will equate to good wages she would likely be fired. Explaining reality would go against the current politics of campus culture.

Well I never looked at my bachelor's degree as an endpoint. I was simply looking at one that would further my prospects for law school admission. So, I majored in economics without any real thought of it leading to a specific job. I got into law school, graduated, and have had a career as a lawyer that has been rewarding in many ways.

Sure a degree should lead to a job, but some of us are simply looking to get into some sort of graduate program. If the bachelor's degree is useful in that way it serves it purpose.

[redguard57]

We have 3.6% unemployment. People can get any job they want.

If any of you haven't noticed, college enrollments have been precipitously dropping for 6 years, accelerated after 2020.

Isn't a vast majority of college education officially covered already? With student loans, scholarships, other miscellaneous supportive tools to completely erase tuition costs?

Now, what is a serious grave situation is that the average Planet Earth wages FOR ALL 198 COUNTRIES combined is only $10,000 to $11,000 USD after 12 long months. More than 100 countries/Hundreds of Millions to Billions of citizens with wages below $10,000 to $20,000, and a lot of them only $5,000 to $8,000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al)_per_capita *See midpoint average
Could range 2 to 4 Billion paid workers below $10,000 final.

Exact costs isn't usually much lower over there deep down compared to the Higher Wage countries Top 30. And when people finally make more than $20,000, everything can easily go sky high in costs. Society requires significantly lower costs in living/expenses. For monthly rent, basic essentials, luxury, travel, consumption of items, survival.

Lots of society issues that is emergency urgent that is before just College education. Don't view average students as having to complain there that much.

[Ralph_Kirk]

Originally Posted by

Isn't a vast majority of college education officially covered already? With student loans, scholarships, other miscellaneous supportive tools to completely erase tuition costs?

Why do you think this is being discussed if "student loans, scholarships, other miscellaneous supportive tools" completely erased tuition costs?

A loan does not in any way "erase" a cost. The answer to your question is "no."

Now, what is a serious grave situation is that the average Planet Earth wages FOR ALL 198 COUNTRIES combined is only $10,000 to $11,000 USD after 12 long months. More than 100 countries/Hundreds of Millions to Billions of citizens with wages below $10,000 to $20,000, and a lot of them only $5,000 to $8,000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al)_per_capita *See midpoint average
Could range 2 to 4 Billion paid workers below $10,000 final.

Exact costs isn't usually much lower over there deep down compared to the Higher Wage countries Top 30. And when people finally make more than $20,000, everything can easily go sky high in costs. Society requires significantly lower costs in living/expenses. For monthly rent, basic essentials, luxury, travel, consumption of items, survival.

Lots of society issues that is emergency urgent that is before just College education. Don't view average students as having to complain there that much.

If you want to discuss wages in the Third World, start a thread for that.