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I don't ever recall a time when a blanket promise was made to all that, "ANY college degree would guarantee you a good job." Now, the truth is that, in the long run, those with college or advanced degrees are more likely to be more successful, and more likely to make more money in their lifetime, than a person who does not. And from all of the stats floating around out there, it appears that the unemployment rates for those with college / advanced degrees is lower than for those without one.
However, too many people go off and get a degree without giving any real thought to what they plan to do with their life when they get out into the real world. One should not be going to school just to get that piece of paper, they should be using that time to develop their skills and be preparing to enter the workforce. Having a degree is worthless if one does not have the skill and talent behind it - and college is a place where one can develop those skills and talents (if they choose to do so - many can drink and party and still manage to graduate).
The era I'm speaking of, regarding being told that getting any college degree guaranteed you a good job, was in the 60s and 70s. So you may be too young to remember that. You can talk to people that are now over 50, and they will confirm my statement. Back then, we didn't have any reason, to believe otherwise. The new generation of kids, know better now. But regardless of how much they prepare while going to college, doesn't mean that in this economy, they'll find a great job after they graduate.
For the first few decades post WWII, including the 60s, we had a false, one-time benefit of little if any foreign competition, as WWII left Europe and Japan in ruins, and it takes a few decades to rebuild a manufacturing structure, complete with supply chains, as well as the public infrastructure (roads and rails) to facilitate it. That created a bubble economy.
The era I'm speaking of, regarding being told that getting any college degree guaranteed you a good job, was in the 60s and 70s. So you may be too young to remember that. You can talk to people that are now over 50, and they will confirm my statement. Back then, we didn't have any reason, to believe otherwise. The new generation of kids, know better now. But regardless of how much they prepare while going to college, doesn't mean that in this economy, they'll find a great job after they graduate.
Sorry to disagree, but that's not the way I remember it at all. While I was going to college, some classmates were putting in their first 4 years at an auto plant. I got a good job, but nowhere near what they made, not even counting overtime and benefits. By the time I started to catch up in base pay, never in overtime or benefits, they were retiring. One guy I knew worked so much overtime he had full retirement eligibility in his mid-30's. Those guys had nothing but contempt for the poor saps who wasted their time and money on college...
The era I'm speaking of, regarding being told that getting any college degree guaranteed you a good job, was in the 60s and 70s. So you may be too young to remember that. You can talk to people that are now over 50, and they will confirm my statement. Back then, we didn't have any reason, to believe otherwise. The new generation of kids, know better now. But regardless of how much they prepare while going to college, doesn't mean that in this economy, they'll find a great job after they graduate.
Even when I was goig to college in the 60's there was no gauaranteee that just nay college degreee would get you a job. In fact the numbers workig at jobs that are not withi their degreee field has always been pretty large. But eve then more and more today even fields the that require do degree or college hours as requirment has actaully gotten much larger. Plus ther fact that with the chnaging econmy the stats on earning and ven on unemployed now with and without a degreee means it worht more. That beig said mnay degreee with the expnation of types are worth much as other show.
Sorry to disagree, but that's not the way I remember it at all. While I was going to college, some classmates were putting in their first 4 years at an auto plant. I got a good job, but nowhere near what they made, not even counting overtime and benefits. By the time I started to catch up in base pay, never in overtime or benefits, they were retiring. One guy I knew worked so much overtime he had full retirement eligibility in his mid-30's. Those guys had nothing but contempt for the poor saps who wasted their time and money on college...
Though some of you individuals may not recall it, the overall assumption back then by most everyone, was that a college degree was the ticket to a comfortable, middle-class existence. I knew no one, who didn't believe that mantra back then, even if you may have.
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