07-15-2020, 10:39 AM
I live in a state with a massive public university system. We are taxed to pay for it. There's still tuition and fees. The fees increase every year. Tuition now increases annually. All of those buildings on campus aren't cheap to build, maintain, heat, or cool. Insurance policies for the buildings alone is a small fortune.
I live in the highest taxed state in the nation. We can't afford to pay more in taxes. We need our incomes to survive. The cost of living isn't decreasing. It's skyrocketing. Wages are not keeping up with the cost of living increases at all.
There's a tier 2 college down the street from me. Tuition and fees is about $60K per year. They do have lovely programs. But what is a 22 year old going to do with a degree in philosophy? History? English? Used to be able to land a journalism career.....well we know how print media is doing. History students can go on to earn a master's in education and become history teachers, but where? How many teachers does a nation need? Many of these universities and colleges need to really reconsider what programs they are offering. Why are so many programs useless in life? The kid with a philosophy degree with a minor in dead languages is going to be struggling until they wake up and get a MBA or IT degree. If you're going to get a degree, get one in a field where you can actually get a job. And yes that college down the street from me actually does have a minor in dead languages. WHY????
I do believe that COVID is going to make drastic changes to higher education. Over the next few years, many schools will close. There were already many colleges that weren't fiscally sound and this just pushed them over the edge faster. Those that survive are going to have to reimagine themselves....think like Walt Disney...use your imagination for a future. Get rid of the minors in dead languages. Get rid of degrees that don't provide students an opportunity for a career. Join the world in the 21st century. Look to the future. What will future jobs be? Far more in IT will be happening. IT is growing in ways people in general never imagined. It's so much more than just computer programming today. It's becoming a digital world and colleges who want to survive are going to have to join the digital world not the dead languages world.
I live in the highest taxed state in the nation. We can't afford to pay more in taxes. We need our incomes to survive. The cost of living isn't decreasing. It's skyrocketing. Wages are not keeping up with the cost of living increases at all.
There's a tier 2 college down the street from me. Tuition and fees is about $60K per year. They do have lovely programs. But what is a 22 year old going to do with a degree in philosophy? History? English? Used to be able to land a journalism career.....well we know how print media is doing. History students can go on to earn a master's in education and become history teachers, but where? How many teachers does a nation need? Many of these universities and colleges need to really reconsider what programs they are offering. Why are so many programs useless in life? The kid with a philosophy degree with a minor in dead languages is going to be struggling until they wake up and get a MBA or IT degree. If you're going to get a degree, get one in a field where you can actually get a job. And yes that college down the street from me actually does have a minor in dead languages. WHY????
I do believe that COVID is going to make drastic changes to higher education. Over the next few years, many schools will close. There were already many colleges that weren't fiscally sound and this just pushed them over the edge faster. Those that survive are going to have to reimagine themselves....think like Walt Disney...use your imagination for a future. Get rid of the minors in dead languages. Get rid of degrees that don't provide students an opportunity for a career. Join the world in the 21st century. Look to the future. What will future jobs be? Far more in IT will be happening. IT is growing in ways people in general never imagined. It's so much more than just computer programming today. It's becoming a digital world and colleges who want to survive are going to have to join the digital world not the dead languages world.
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