Do you how many people are college graduates that are working in an industry unrelated to what they studied in school? I hear stories all the time, how a student who majored in sociology is currently working in a mail room or sitting as a customer service representative somewhere in corporate America. Have not heard an example like this? Well maybe you have heard of IT majors being hired by financial companies to do budgets and bookkeeping. This is the trend we are facing now educational majors that are being offered with no possibility of having a demand for graduates. If a specific industry faces less than 10% growth in demand why offer the major in the university? (Just my own reasoning behind solving a piece of the unemployment porblem facing the U.S.)
I hope you do not misinterpret my thinking behind the title above, but what I am trying to convey to all those students who are unsure of what to do once they graduate keep reading. Point blank if you are unsure you can land a career then do not go to college until you know exactly what you see yourself doing in the future or can get some real world experience while attending school. Why burden yourself with debt and regrets by taking the traditional route for a school system that is practically broken.
This is why I am all for high school graduates taking some time off after high school to explore what they may want to do in life later by doing research, mentoring, or apprenticeship opportunities.
Tuition now a day’s is ridiculous and continues to worsen everyday by charging students 700 dollars a credit. This is just immoral and scary at the same time. Tuition has increased at least 30% as compared to inflation in the last decade. But guess what no one is complaining or at least nobody with enough clout to change the ridiculous mindset of university administrators. Obviously their argument will be how do we pay our staff and keep the universities open if we do not increase tuition? I think it can be done a different way instead of feeding off the students who are unaware of the problems they will incur by taking on 100K in student loans.
I recently read an article in Reuters, that stated the reasoning behind the rise in tuition is based on government cutting subsidiary funding to those colleges. My thinking behind this is if the government can cut school funds then the college should make similar cuts to its budget and not exploit the students with a heavier burden. If I understand the article correctly with my own two cents thinking behind it, the government is saving money with cuts to funding and making money by charging students astronomical interest rates on very large student loan balances. The average student loan debt in 2012 is 30 grand per graduating student.
See Article: Student Loan Debt
In conclusion think long and think wisely about what you would like to do when you graduate from school because the road to repay errors made by switching majors or wasting time by being undecided can be very significant. Times are changing and we have to evolve with the times to take advantage of the collegiate system we are dealt, by being conscience of the monetary issues in our educational lives.
That is why I say; only go to college if you know exactly what you want to do and when you are ready for the long road to graduate with a profession and not just a job.
RichUncle EL
