Job ready?

Parents Forum
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<p>Students over estimate the pull their " prestigious" degree will have in the workplace just as students underestimate how far an " average" diploma can take them.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/Bridge%20That%20Gap-v8.pdf[/url]”>http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/files/Bridge%20That%20Gap-v8.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>So is that expensive degree worth taking out private loans?
Guess not.</p>

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<p>I think it is bizarre to pull that one detail out of this entire report.</p>

<p>I read the report, and IMNSHO 95% of the adults in the workforce aren’t good at doing most of the things on the list either. Leading a meeting? Writing to persuade? Communicating well with co-workers and clients? And so on?</p>

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<p>So should we be paying $60,000 a year for our kids not to learn these skills, or $23,000.
;)</p>

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<p>Just because kids are not learning how to run a meeting does not mean that they are not learning something else that is unique and wonderful. I do not look at college as job training.</p>

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<p>Sending a kid around the world would teach them things that are unique and wonderful… but we did not offer our kids that option.</p>

<p>I have mixed feeling on this topic. I guess it all depends on the combo of opportunities and family affordability.</p>

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<p>Just want to note that many prestigious colleges have amazing financial aid, even for families with, to my mind, pretty hefty incomes.</p>