You're spot-on with that. I worked in the IT unit of A Major University (tm) for 25 years, and I saw the system up close and in action. The whole force behind it is to convince the paying customers that if you don't have a degree in something -- preferably a PhD -- yiou're less than human.
",,,and student loans to keep you in debt"
Unless your parents are very well-off. Which, with the ever-exploding cost of tuition, means that American Universities are becomng more and more simply a rite of passage for the wealthy.
"...unlike colleges with bars on every corner..."
You're spot-on with that. I worked in the IT unit of A Major University (tm) for 25 years, and I saw the system up close and in action. The whole force behind it is to convince the paying customers that if you don't have a degree in something -- preferably a PhD -- yiou're less than human.
",,,and student loans to keep you in debt"
Unless your parents are very well-off. Which, with the ever-exploding cost of tuition, means that American Universities are becomng more and more simply a rite of passage for the wealthy.
exactly! Ive been saying this since I was in college