Originally Posted by kknudson

First I don't think the majority of the college grads I've dealt with really got their moneys worth.
They have the book learning, well some do, but little or no practical experience.
I always loved when they had a problem, threw fixes at it until they gave up, came to me. In less time than they spent on the first 'fix', I'd show them the problem and outline the solution.
Half the time they still came back to me to help with the solution.

Oh and then my fav was an MBA (recent grad) that I had to explain what ROI meant, fortunately in front of the CEO(I did try cover for him). He'd been with the company for years, got his degree via tutition reimbursment, he was gone several weeks later. Oh he was my boss at the time, a nice guy, but a very bad boss.


IMHO half (problably more) of the problem with rising college costs goes back to the government, match it to the housing bubble but I don't know how this one unwinds.

The more grants, low interest loans, tax breaks etc the government hands out, the more the colleges raise their price, so the government throws more grants etc, so the colleges raise their rates, so the .....

Part of it is basic economics, the law of supply and demand, as the government throws more money for kids to go to college, more go, again ...

And how many grads do you know that actually work in their field after a few years.