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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
I'd go so far as to make the argument that the 4 year degree is awfully damned close to what a HS diploma used to be.
Says much about how devalued a HS diploma has become.
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When I listen to the long-term, tenured professors talk at the state school I work for, I get the impression that even at that, you're overvaluing the HS diploma.
I sat in on an interesting discussion where a bunch of faculty debated the idea of adding a standard "remedial year" to the 4-year graduation track, because they felt like most of the students they were encountering in the last decade or so needed basic reading/writing/math help. Part of that is the explosive growth of international students (i.e., getting them over the language barrier), but most of the profs in that room seemed to feel like public education was just flat falling down on the job in terms of college prep.