https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/07/18/rating-the-value-of-higher-education/ Innovations in learning for equity. Sun, 31 Jul 2022 18:00:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/07/18/rating-the-value-of-higher-education/#comment-60198 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 18:00:05 +0000 https://www.gettingsmart.com/?p=115723#comment-60198 This was a great read! The point that hit home for me was the frustration created when jobs are posted as requiring a degree when it does not necessarily need one. Sometimes I feel this is intentional in order to only offer the position to a certain group of individuals. Unfortunately, this type of ‘discrimination’ does exist in the corporate realm. I have seen it backfire as well. I have interviewed and worked with persons with immaculate resumes and educational backgrounds (including multiple degrees) but were not able to complete the basic tasks required for the job because of their lack of skillsets. This is also why I agree with the increase in accessibility to postsecondary education including some form of training in skills specific to their career choice. As you mentioned in the article, relevant internships and similar opportunities where they can gain valuable experience to complement their degree/certificate adds value to their marketability and can help make that expensive piece of paper worth it.

]]> https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/07/18/rating-the-value-of-higher-education/#comment-23 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 03:50:59 +0000 https://www.gettingsmart.com/?p=115723#comment-23 Dear Tom,
Thanks for sharing your a well-thought insight on this very crucial subject that has been affecting many households in the U.S. The statement that two-thords of respondents belive “Higher education is not worth the cost to students anymore.” is scarely truth. There are also many students coming out that corroborates this statement. I don’t know what incentives would push students if the return for higher education is significantly higher than high school graduates. This is I think something that policy makes should start thinking seriously. Off shoring of business and/or skilled immigrants might have hidden the problem hitherto, but I feel that it’s going to e difficult for the future with this development. As an immigrant I feel that fixing the American education policy is not easy thing to do given the politics embedded it in.
Thank you also for the three advises of: Free, Fit and Limit debt. I have small question to you regarding the sky rocketing prices of education which outweight the value most of the times. Do you think the new development of migrating in mass education through online courses would be one solution? It is not uncommon to get an online degree from one of the prestigious college with relatively lower costs vis-a-vis the in-person program. Don’t you think this revolution/evilution would change the landscape sometime soon?
Thanks,
Kassahun

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