laughing dog
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Woah.
That's what I've been sayin. The value of the degree should be influenced by the market. If the market needs 10 burger flippers the degree should be valued more then than when trying to get the same degree when the market has 15 burger flippers and the need is still 10. Like no shit dude!!! The demand is low so pay will reduce as workers compete for the position. Meanwhile, the folks that decide the cost of education don't care about all that, they just look at their own costs and for-profit margins. No wonder folks are struggling to pay off student loans. They'd (the schools) rather continue growth rather than let the market do its job.
And of course, the students who accept those loans are just as fucking out of their minds as the lenders and the schools are.
Both you and Fox are defining the "value" of a degree as its market value which ignores the value of the education in making the person a more knowledgable human being who is better able to to understand the world around them, make good decisions, and to better participate in civic life.