Education: Ideas Against

Is education being devalued, now that everyone has degrees?

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Too much money is being spent on education, schools, and colleges. This money should be spent on other more important services
People are becoming over-specialized. They know more than is necessary for their jobs. They are not flexible enough to be useful in other areas.
The value of a degree is now lost. People don’t have respect for university graduates anymore, since everybody has a degree. This undermines the whole purpose of going to college
People are now competing for jobs. The only difference is that they all the people looking for a job have degrees. The colleges raise expectations which are difficult for the government to meet.
People who have spent years studying are reluctant to work in many jobs or for low salaries. They want high-level jobs with high salaries. Sometimes this is unrealistic. Employers want people to start at the bottom in order to get to know the business

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