Your call. In the olden days, before college became a profit center, there was a partnership

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Your call. In the olden days, before college became a profit center, there was a partnership

Author: LanceManion (9012 Posts - Joined: Jul 16, 2010)

Posted at 11:24 am on Nov 12, 2025

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between the government, industry and colleges and universities to assure the colleges/universities were producing the right mix of graduates as needed by the economy.

Then someone figured out you could charge the same for a liberal studies degree and an engineering degree, and the consumers would pay the same for each degree.

Imposing corporate abuse, neglect and greed on deserving victims.

Replies to: "Your call. In the olden days, before college became a profit center, there was a partnership"

At some point, we will have to stop our petty squabbles, and focus on important things. - NedoftheHill - 9:47pm 11/11/25 (28) [View All]
- Read Alex Karp’s ‘The Technological Republic’ [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 9:45am 11/12/25
  - Looks interesting...and on point. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:20pm 11/12/25
- Palmer Luckey was on Rogan a few weeks ago, he’s anti-woke [NT] - holybull101 - 9:33am 11/12/25
- All the woke BS has put us 10 years+ behind technologically. - LanceManion - 7:39am 11/12/25
  - I respectfully disagree. Out engineering and technology lags no one! - Curly1918 - 9:10am 11/12/25
    - Not true. Wokeism has/had a meaningful impact on practical engineering. Look no further than GM - LanceManion - 10:11am 11/12/25
      - Good Grief...you are just oozing Misogyny...did some lady beat you out for a promotion? As someone [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:45pm 11/12/25
        i imagine for entry level types such as yourself, you don't see the harm that quota hiring does. [NT] - LanceManion - 3:51pm 11/12/25
        What I'm seeing is the harm in not opening opportunities to talented individuals simply due to - TyroneIrish - 4:29pm 11/12/25
        i agree. It's time we saw more reverse discrimination suits by white males. [NT] - LanceManion - 4:53pm 11/12/25
  - You made that up - Chris94 - 7:53am 11/12/25
    - Says the guy who literally has zero real world experience. Nerd! [NT] - LanceManion - 8:36am 11/12/25
      - “Real world” is only the private sector, I guess - Chris94 - 9:26am 11/12/25
        Academia has its place, but you are so far removed from a viable product or a P&L - LanceManion - 10:04am 11/12/25
        I am not claiming to be some sort of expert - Chris94 - 10:36am 11/12/25
        You mean 10 years? Ok. So you generally agree with the point, it's the degree of deficiency - LanceManion - 10:51am 11/12/25
        I will trust the people who actually try to measure such things.... - Chris94 - 11:14am 11/12/25
        Your call. In the olden days, before college became a profit center, there was a partnership - LanceManion - 11:24am 11/12/25
        In the Olden Days (e.g. Middle Ages)..."Liberal Arts" were at the center of University Curricula... - TyroneIrish - 2:03pm 11/12/25
        And then they made the BS/BA the equivalent of a high school diploma [NT] - LanceManion - 3:51pm 11/12/25
        Are you accusing Notre Dame Arts and Letters Grads of wasting their, or their parents', money? [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 4:41pm 11/12/25
        Yes to both points. [NT] - LanceManion - 4:53pm 11/12/25
        The results in the link prove otherwise. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 9:32pm 11/12/25
        
        Budget cuts made them let the unicorns go? - TakethetrainKnute - 9:38am 11/12/25
- So humans will no longer be “necessary.” - Curly1918 - 4:35am 11/12/25
  - Silicon based species...using us carbon-based life forms as the mere stepping stones... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:15am 11/12/25
- Then vote Democrat, Ned. [NT] - conorlarkin - 9:53pm 11/11/25
  - No squabbles in the Democratic Party, eh? - Hensou - 9:27am 11/12/25