Maybe Better Avoiding
2009 April 28
Never having been convinced with the utility of doing an MBA except for the “paper premium” one gets with any degree these days, I tend to enjoy threads like the one this astute comment appears in. It’s not really saying much new, but it’s kind of sad how universities and colleges, with their profit motives, are complicit in the rising credential requirements for the average job that might have once been staffed by a driven, intelligent high-schooler. The transformation of academics into a job mill is pretty gross, in my opinion.
Here in the UK the government has a ‘widening participation’ (aka ‘dumbing down’) target of 50% of 18 year olds going to university. Many of them leave with a degree, a big debt and the prospect of working in a call centre. I wasn’t sure who it served but your post has got me thinking!