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@six
is this unreasonable?
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proxy
@proxystudio.eth
I think its the wrong take, but I don't think its unreasonable - it makes a lot of sense if you're making this decision based on a totally financialized bildungsroman (lmao, someone stop me) I'm more of a humanist or idealist, college is a process of learning & socialization of immense value for those who apply themselves generally believe that broad 'intelligence' matters more than ever in a post-singularity world - optimizing for a 'career' path in the traditional sense will become obsolete liberal arts kids will rise
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@mjc716
i think the dominant criticism of higher ed these days is not related to the value of liberal arts or the humanist ideal more so that the institutions have been co-opted, e.g., obscene ratio of liberals to conservatives getting tenure; obscene growth in administrative headcount which has significantly increased costs with nebulous value to students
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MJC
@mjc716
but i recognize you were mostly responding to original post
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proxy
@proxystudio.eth
yeah, plenty of valid criticisms of higher ed and we could get deep into that (whole other convo really) I'd push back slightly to say that universities themselves have leaned towards more neoliberal economic models - enormous growth of masters programs, less tenured faculty, insane growth of admin as its gotten more expensive + culture war debate focused on colleges, a larger % of the population talks about college in terms of the "ROI". There are lists of which degrees earn most, etc. we'll never get rid of that completely, I'm just making a broad argument for the value of a good, well rounded education + the "college experience" in life
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