Comments on: College education bubble https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/25/2764/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/25/2764/#comment-4269 ER Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:54:24 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2764#comment-4269 Yeah, who are "they"? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure. No, "they" are those who want to put all public services on a "businesslike basis". Follow any injustice or malfeasance long enough and the trail eventually leads to an MBA. Yeah, who are “they”? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure.

No, “they” are those who want to put all public services on a “businesslike basis”.

Follow any injustice or malfeasance long enough and the trail eventually leads to an MBA.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/25/2764/#comment-4264 TB Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:42:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2764#comment-4264 Sorry, but "for profit" colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in this country. That curve is driven by the same good old-fashioned university system you and I went to. "They are doing to education..." Who's "they?" Think about it. Remember who drove the "right to housing" policy, too. And I doubt most colleges are run by business majors. Business majors can make a living in the real world. Sorry, but “for profit” colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in this country. That curve is driven by the same good old-fashioned university system you and I went to.

“They are doing to education…” Who’s “they?” Think about it. Remember who drove the “right to housing” policy, too.

And I doubt most colleges are run by business majors. Business majors can make a living in the real world.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/07/25/2764/#comment-4263 ER Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:17:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2764#comment-4263 No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class. I went to college in a highly subsidized system, it worked fine for me. Of course, in those days, all you had to do to get in was pass the exams and keep up your grades. Now you have to be able to afford the price of admission, or be able to borrow it. They are doing to education the same thing they did to gasoline, then real estate. Convince the booboisie that they HAVE to have it and then strike after they've swallowed the hook. But not to worry. Most of these guys are business majors. They got their first lesson before they even started class. No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class.

I went to college in a highly subsidized system, it worked fine for me. Of course, in those days, all you had to do to get in was pass the exams and keep up your grades. Now you have to be able to afford the price of admission, or be able to borrow it.

They are doing to education the same thing they did to gasoline, then real estate. Convince the booboisie that they HAVE to have it and then strike after they’ve swallowed the hook.

But not to worry. Most of these guys are business majors. They got their first lesson before they even started class.

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