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A new report released by Harvard Wednesday states in some of the strongest terms yet that such a college for all emphasis may actually harm many American students keeping them from having a smooth transition from adolescence to adulthood and a viable career
It would be fine if we had an alternative system [for students who dont get college degrees], but were virtually unique among industrialized countries in terms of not having another system and relying so heavily on higher education, says Robert Schwartz, who heads the Pathways to Prosperity project at Harvards Graduate School of Education.
The United States can learn from other countries, particularly in northern Europe, Professor Schwartz says. In Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland, for instance, between 40 and 70 percent of high-schoolers opt for programs that combine classroom and workplace learning, many of them involving apprenticeships. These pathways result in a qualification that has real currency in the labor market
If we persist with the illusion that everyone is going to college, then were cheating those kids who arent going, Professor Ferguson says. A majority of the workforce does not have a college degree, and a majority of the things those people do are going to continue not requiring a college degree.
Harvard study: Hey, maybe were placing too much emphasis on a college education Hot Air
Really? No shit?
Score one for common sense.
The question is: how do we fix the ridiculous mindset?