So we need more education to respond to a world with more technology. Smarter phones and smarter grids require smarter workers. It’s a parallelism, it must be true!
But what if it’s not true? What if the largest, fastest growing job sector of the next decade have more to do with demographic changes than technological advancements? And what if those jobs don’t require more time in higher education?
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From The Atlantic.
Seriously, I agree with this article 100%. You don’t necessarily need more education. You just need better education. The most valuable education is the type that has, well, value. I agree there’s a historico-teleological desire for being a fully-formed human being. I just don’t know if pledging Kappa, carrying a 3.3, and graduating with a communications degree (for $120,000 in debt) is helping anyone, anywhere.
(via collegefail)