My son recently graduated with a BS degree in Forestry. Right after graduation he obtained his CDL, my gosh is he popular now with the timber companies!
Excellent.
One of mine just graduated in Astronautical Engineering. He had two interviews with different space missions at the same company.
One offered a job the next day. He’s making almost what I do at the tail end of my career for his first job.
We knew he was going into a highly sought after and well compensated career so we loaned him college money rather than gave it to him.
My other son skipped college and just got his CDL. He has a previous volunteer commitment for summer and already has a driving gig lined up with a Pepsi distributor when he gets back. Again, it’s pretty well paid.
Here’s what’s wrong with colleges. Too many students going solely for the college experience and getting nebulous degrees with no real job market attached. Too many administrators funneling kids into the next hottest thing and saturating the market. Too many snowflake kids who thing they’re the next best thing to pre-sweetened Kool-Aid and the world owes them a living.
My engineer son went to a very small, private technical university. His largest class probably had 20 students. He knows the professors well enough that one of them recommended him for a college job at NASA. His NASA boss recommended him for the new job he just accepted last week.
There are no fluff classes in place just to gain revenue for the school. Almost every class pertained to his Major. Students declare a Major as Freshmen, not as Juniors.
They have no dorm and no cafeteria. On campus students have apartments with up to eight students, segregated by gender in each apartment.
They are responsible to purchase and prepare their own meals and keep the apartment clean with weekly RA inspections.
There are no segregated dorms or apartments. Some of his closest friends are from different cultures and none of them care beyond their geekdom.
One of the kids sent a text to his buddies when he was driving down from Summer break. It said “look out, the token black guy is on the way.”
These guys were all pretty mature and had fun with their differences rather than making a bog deal about it.
The Director of Student Affairs told my wife they have no real behavior problems. Last year, a couple Freshmen got caught smoking dope in the apartment. Expulsion followed.
Hmmmmm. Standards. Both academic and personal.