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"‘I don’t know why I need to go to college’: Ford CEO says his Gen Z son worked as a mechanic and

Author: MAS (21919 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 11:31 am on Oct 12, 2025
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wondered if the 4-year degree was still worth it."

Later:

"She noted that trade school graduates often emerge earning more than $100,000 per year. The average tradesman will come out making about $11,000 more than a college graduate will, she said."

Now connect this to what I posted a couple weeks ago about the decline in mean IQs of college students and profs. They're increasingly desperate to admit anybody to keep their enrollments respectable.

As I always note when I read people blaming the ridiculous inflation of tuition on, you guessed it, Republicans:
- Adding more and more high-priced administrators
- Addiction to building new buildings, all while education at every level becomes more online and less brick and mortar
- Club med "dorms" and bells and whistles. You cannot walk around major state universities and not notice the luxury and waste.
- Exorbitant spending on athletic programs that, but for a couple dozen schools nationwide, lose money
- Academic programs that have low enrollment and little, if any, academic rigor

The slow death was self-inflicted. Combine the unconvincing mathematics of four-year degrees to most young men with the evolution of the most matriarchal societal institution and its inherent bias against men, and you have a formula for mass exodus from the "you have to go to college to be successful" mindset.


Link: https://fortune.com/2025/10/02/jim-farley-says-gen-z-son-worked-as-mechanic-college-degree/?xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_FORTUNE&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=fortunemagazine&fbclid=IwY2xjawNYpZlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFNRVFUNFNxWTQ

Replies to: ""‘I don’t know why I need to go to college’: Ford CEO says his Gen Z son worked as a mechanic and"

  • "‘I don’t know why I need to go to college’: Ford CEO says his Gen Z son worked as a mechanic and [LINK] - MAS - 11:31am 10/12/25 (2) [View All]
    • One aspect of what a college degree should provide is an awareness and appreciation for - TyroneIrish - 1:16pm 10/12/25
    • There’s a program in Steubenville where you get a BA and learn a trade. Seems smart. - LanceManion - 12:01pm 10/12/25
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