Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost

[Happy Hoosier]

39. I think you're wrong here....

You said, “I hate academia, because they are not actually providing education and instead have become debt vehicles for our children and do not realistically prepare them for the demands of our modern economy.”

I think you have that very wrong. Academia doesn’t do that. The big business of universities does. The academics I know (including my wife) focus intensely on relaying transferable skills that have value in a wide variety of settings… research, source vetting, constructing and supporting an effective argument. Unless you’re going for a professional degree, it almost doesn’t matter what you study. It matters what skills you acquire. Lots of academics know that and structure programs to support that approach. It discourages me to see so many on our side buy in to the idea that college should just be a jobs training program.