[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

A lot of people bash college today.

How many of you want your Doctor to get his degree from an on-line program?

Do you want to drive on bridges built by engineers who only graduated high school?

How about when you need a lawyer? Maybe you want your lawyer to learn from a correspondence course.

People are beng asinine throwing the baby out with the bath water when they spew ignorant tripe and say college doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t make sense to spend $25,000/year to take women’s studies, Mass Communications, or basket weaving. Science, technology, math, engineering, medical, law — you damn well better have a good college education for those.

But all people can do today is bash college, as if it has NO value.

Smart people can be so stupid sometimes.

[LumberJack53213]

I agree with you. The world doesn’t owe anyone a living simply for getting a bachelors degree. Getting my four year BBA from UW was the one thing that set me on the right path to wealth.

[CodeToad]

Do you want to drive on bridges built by engineers who only went to an online school??

[Tired of Taxes]

To be fair, Carolla did say that college is necessary for students who want to become doctors or lawyers or engineers, etc.

But your post is spot on. Notice, whenever people complain about the high price of college, they seem to be talking about college students who live on campus. That’s why Carolla mentioned campus social life. Like others, he assumes that college = tuition + room + meals.

In reality, many college students commute to college. By commuting, they cut their tuition cost by half. If they start at a community college for two years, they can cut their cost even further. Then, if they transfer to a state college, they can choose one with a lower tuition. There’s no reason to take on so much debt.

[bgill]

He said exactly that. College is needed for the higher sciences but not needed for all the hooey stuff.

[vpintheak]

I don’t think anyone is bashing ALL colleges. Yeah, STEM, is where it’s at. There are enough lawyers for decades, those can be trimmed down by increasing the difficulty of becoming one, but it’s mostly a solid degree. The rest can go away! Trades and Tech school is where it’s at.

[brooklin]

I found that you needed to be there in the classroom for the engineering classes.

[Svartalfiar]

But all people can do today is bash college, as if it has NO value.

College has value for some fields. Engineering, Law, Medical, or people with rich parents who go into philosophy. Every other major is pretty useless, and definitely not worth the value.