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Bill Gates spent one semester in college.
Barack Obama has a law degree.
Governor Schwarzenegger has a degree--in economics!!!
Tell me, does a college diploma make a difference?
I totally believe in the education of the public, though not necessarily public (government) education.
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that seven of the 10 employment sectors that will see the largest gains over the next decade won't require much more than some on-the-job training. These include home healthcare aides, customer service representatives and food preparers and servers. Meanwhile, well-paying white-collar jobs such as computer programming have become vulnerable to outsourcing to foreign countries.
"People with bachelor's degrees will increasingly get not very highly satisfactory jobs," said W. Norton Grubb, a professor at UC Berkeley's School of Education. "In that sense, people are getting more schooling than jobs are available."
Look at it this way--do you really need a UCLA or USC diploma to be a manager of a fast food place? How about training instead? In fact the degree, and the possible job afterwards are NOT connected,
"Many employers regard a four-year college degree as a must for many jobs, even for positions that can be handled by high school graduates. That may partly reflect a kind of education inflation that's come with soaring college enrollment and many students earning multiple degrees.
Kim Megonigal, chief executive of Kimco Staffing Services in Irvine, says he hires only college graduates at his firm.
"We believe [a degree] shows a level of desire and motivation to improve themselves beyond entry-level jobs," he said. "We're looking for people who can grow with the company."
How much money, and time, is wasted on after High School education? Think Bill Gates would be more successful if he finished his degree? Could Obama lack any more common sense if he got yet another degree?
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Barack Obama has a law degree.
Governor Schwarzenegger has a degree--in economics!!!
Tell me, does a college diploma make a difference?
I totally believe in the education of the public, though not necessarily public (government) education.
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that seven of the 10 employment sectors that will see the largest gains over the next decade won't require much more than some on-the-job training. These include home healthcare aides, customer service representatives and food preparers and servers. Meanwhile, well-paying white-collar jobs such as computer programming have become vulnerable to outsourcing to foreign countries.
"People with bachelor's degrees will increasingly get not very highly satisfactory jobs," said W. Norton Grubb, a professor at UC Berkeley's School of Education. "In that sense, people are getting more schooling than jobs are available."
Look at it this way--do you really need a UCLA or USC diploma to be a manager of a fast food place? How about training instead? In fact the degree, and the possible job afterwards are NOT connected,
"Many employers regard a four-year college degree as a must for many jobs, even for positions that can be handled by high school graduates. That may partly reflect a kind of education inflation that's come with soaring college enrollment and many students earning multiple degrees.
Kim Megonigal, chief executive of Kimco Staffing Services in Irvine, says he hires only college graduates at his firm.
"We believe [a degree] shows a level of desire and motivation to improve themselves beyond entry-level jobs," he said. "We're looking for people who can grow with the company."
How much money, and time, is wasted on after High School education? Think Bill Gates would be more successful if he finished his degree? Could Obama lack any more common sense if he got yet another degree?
More...