tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7603269757589246971..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Pharmacist GlutJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-50951492366303038782014-10-11T06:32:39.081-04:002014-10-11T06:32:39.081-04:00The problem is that our college and university sys...The problem is that our college and university system is profit oriented, rather than "future"-oriented. The focus is on making money, not on preparing people for the future, both on an individual and national scale.<br /><br />Our schools are businesses, and they're all too willing to sell young and impressionable people economically useless degrees. What happens to a graduate once they stop paying tuition isn't a concern for our schools (unless a particular graduate becomes wildly successful, in which case they hound their former charge for "generous donations" and other tablescraps.) You want to become a [vocation]? "<i>Sign right here, please, payments are due on the first of every month. Nevermind that the labor market for [vocation] is abyssmal and only going to get worse in the next ten years - that's your problem, not ours!</i>"<br /><br />It practically makes one pine for a revival of the apprenticeship system in some form or another, where there are only as many positions as there are expected future job openings. The difference, of course, is that when an industry is training its own future employees, it is in the industry's own best interests not to glut the labor pool. But no such self interest exists for schools - they're motivation is to sell as many degrees as possible, whether its gluts other industries or not. They are financially incentivized to exploit and harm their own students and the industries that rely on them.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-82053800917863249202014-10-10T13:19:20.564-04:002014-10-10T13:19:20.564-04:00"Most people don't want to be perpetually..."Most people don't want to be perpetually self-inventing free agents, marketing their own brands."<br /><br />Amen to that!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com