Have to vent. Just came back from a board meeting for a grad school program at our state college... [View All]

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Today's students lack even the most basic necessities, like real-world knowledge, real-world skills, work experience, etc. Even worse, these kids are graduating with $50k+ in student loans for a BACHELOR'S DEGREE, from a STATE COLLEGE.

Instead of colleges spending money on classroom-to-work programs, here are some great ways colleges spend money today:

-Paying millions for the purchase and installation of artwork that I could make in my garage for free if asked to

-Encouraging students in their completely obscure and useless degrees. For instance, "Religious and Ethnic Identity amongst Homosexual Bobbin Boys in the Late Baroque Period." (and yes, this was very similar to an actual thesis of a classmate of mine in grad school)

-Retaining professors through tenure that:
1) Are in academia because they were too scared of the real world
2) Gave up on caring about teaching years ago because they don't need to care. I'm on the board for a grad program here in town, and we have professors that refuse to use email with their students or with other professors and will NEVER have to use it, and there is not a damn thing anyone can do about it, even if we have a 100 enthusiastic and willing professors ready to take their place.

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