Dartmouth or Notre Dame

Consolation
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:28:56 +0000

I am just sensitive that all students now with liberal art degrees are having a hard time finding a good job.



Yeah, yeah. That’s what the people who go to college strictly for job training, as opposed to education, have been saying for decades. Yes, a student with a degree in a non-vocational major from a third-rate school may have a harder time finding a “good” job than someone with a degree in accounting, who can probably get a slot in a cube farm somewhere. Or computer science…that is, until the company ships those jobs to India, where the workers may not be better, but they sure are cheaper.

On the other hand, if getting a job quickly is the goal of higher education, why not go to an institution like the one in my area that constantly runs TV adds pointing out that their grads train to be medical assistants and are employed in a matter of months, as opposed to those poor schlubs who are actually pursuing an education.

Anyway, the OP indicated no interest in business, unless I missed it.