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Higher Learning
Meet Lower Job Prospects
Wall Street Journal, by Jane Shaw
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Posted By:fleetusa, 2/5/2013 6:22:51 PM
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| When North Carolina´s new governor, Pat McCrory, was interviewed last week on the syndicated radio show hosted by former U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett, the talk naturally turned to education. According to some listeners—or those who heard about the interview in the media echo chamber—Gov. McCrory committed a major error.
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Universities need to point out in the application process what graduates can expect to be prepared for post-graduation given the course of studies for which the student applies. Let the student decide if that is the career for them. But at the same time, maybe states shouldn´t be pouring tons of taxpayer funds into degree programs with uncertain job prospects. Some of these programs have been overbuilt to be sure in the last 20 years
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
phosita, 2/5/2013 6:36:24 PM (No. 9160542)
nice, subscription only...Ill informed comments to follow....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
strike3, 2/5/2013 6:50:09 PM (No. 9160556)
I´ll be the first one then... You don´t have to be a trained statistician to know that accepting every dummass on the street into college will not turn them into Einsteins in four years. Chances are that if you don´t know your posterior from your elbow as a freshman, you won´t do much more than waste your parents´ or the taxpayers´ money, but hey, it´s a heck of a party.
College used to mean something. The brightest kids were filtered from the top and came out even better. Now, thanks to the emphasis on diversity, sports and affirmative action... The computer programmer term for the results is GIGO.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/5/2013 7:19:49 PM (No. 9160589)
Be interesting to know how many of the jobless have degrees in subjects that didn´t even exist fifty years ago, such as Gender Studies, Hispanic Studies, Black Studies, LGBT Studies as opposed to "hard" skills such as engineering, accounting, and so forth. There may be a lot of the latter pounding the pavement, but I don´t know any.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
tulipwood, 2/5/2013 7:48:19 PM (No. 9160614)
WSJ, like FOX, has completely lost its edge. No reason anymore to pay for one or watch the other.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
horacer, 2/5/2013 8:02:12 PM (No. 9160628)
FTA -- The problem, he suggested, might be that many academic disciplines have no real practical applications.
And the academic community had a cow. Arizona University just announced it´s offering Hip Hop as a minor. That´ll look good on the resume.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury, 2/5/2013 8:18:58 PM (No. 9160641)
Well the world needs more cubicle mice.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
fleetusa, 2/5/2013 10:13:28 PM (No. 9160780)
I know a guy who recently graduated with an archaeology degree from a prestigious U. He now is the head waiter in a local golf club.
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Wall Street Journal, by Jane Shaw
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Posted By: fleetusa- 2/5/2013 6:22:51 PM
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When North Carolina´s new governor, Pat McCrory, was interviewed last week on the syndicated radio show hosted by former U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett, the talk naturally turned to education. According to some listeners—or those who heard about the interview in the media echo chamber—Gov. McCrory committed a major error.
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New York Post, by Mark Cannizzaro
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Here is what we learned yesterday about the Jets with Greg McElroy as their starting quarterback: Nothing. Here is what we learned about starter Mark Sanchez, who was benched in favor of McElroy: Maybe this Jets’ mess hasn’t been his fault after all. And here is what we learned about backup Tim Tebow, who was inexplicably passed over as the starter when Sanchez was benched: He’s mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore. So he didn’t. Tebow, it was revealed following the Jets’ latest loss — yesterday’s lackluster 27-17 defeat to the Chargers
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In 2011, the journalist Mara Hvistendahl published Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, detailing the societal effects of sex-selective abortions that target women the world over and resulted in the absence of perhaps more than 100 million girls who by now should have been born. But Hvistendahl soon learned the downside to uncovering what many believe to be a shocking trend in human rights offenses: people will want to do something about it. And so she lashed out, declaring that “anti-abortion activists
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Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:11:23 AM
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Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson stepped down Wednesday as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after complaints from students about controversial comments concerning same-sex marriage. The withdrawal came less than a week after medical school Dean Paul B. Rothman chastised Carson for his comments and met with graduating students concerned that the famed physician was an inappropriate commencement speaker.
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Daughter of Obama´s former
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Posted By: mitzi- 4/11/2013 1:11:19 AM
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The daughter of President Barack Obama´s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief´s husband that involved a $1.25 million state grant, according to the Attorney´s office for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Wright, of the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was charged with two counts of money
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End this bizarre fantasy
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New York Post, by Andrea Peyser
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 5:10:54 AM
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Is Anthony Weiner completely delusional? Or is he out of his flipping, sex-crazed gourd? Whatever big-busted fantasies crawl around the ex-congressman’s delirious noggin, la Weiner made his next goal as clear as the skin of the wholesome college students he craved: He relishes being Mayor Weiner. Please, shut up this clown. These days, the genitally obsessed Weiner has nothing much to do, except sit in his lavish Manhattan apartment and — the inhumanity! — change the poopy diapers of his 16-month-old son, Jordan. Worse, Weiner is living under a kind of house arrest, sentenced to take extreme grief
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Posted By: Drive- 4/12/2013 6:44:47 AM
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Only one of my six children has left New York for economic reasons but the strain of living in this expensive nanny state is weighing heavy on my other five and their families. As a native New Yorker, I´ve seen its middle class population decline over the years due to its neglect of blue collar families which is ironic since this is a Democrat city. With the recent arrests of several local politicians for corruption perhaps New Yorkers will pay more attention to those they put in office. Given their past indifference in local elections this is highly unlikely.
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Pat Smith and 700 Special Ops
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 6:13:54 AM
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Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
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American Thinker, by Doug Mainwaring
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/12/2013 6:34:43 AM
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Remember little Anthony Freemont, played by cute little Billy Mumy, in one of the "Twilight Zone´s" most famous episodes? In the opening sequence Rod Serling informs us: "A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines -- because they displeased him -- and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages -- just by using his mind. . . . and the people there have to smile. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield
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The Week, by Chris Gayomali
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/10/2013 7:30:26 PM
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Within the next few decades, carbon emissions could cause global temperatures to rise between 4 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit, melting ice caps and causing sea levels to rise. The price of crops like coffee and chocolate will skyrocket, and countless cuddly animals around the globe could be wiped out. And yet, a lot of people find it hard to really care about climate change. But don´t be fooled: Climate change will affect you. Here´s a brief sampling of ways that warmer temperatures will suck the fun out of your life: 1. Your flights will be more turbulent
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USA Today, by Kirsten Powers
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Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:39:08 AM
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Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven´t heard about these sickening accusations? It´s not your fault. Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page. The revolting revelations of Gosnell´s former staff, who have been testifying to what they
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/12/2013 11:51:37 AM
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On Thursday, in the midst of ongoing national debate over prospective gun control and comprehensive immigration legislation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that he didn’t need the approval of a majority of his own party to move forward with legislation. Referring to the so-called Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL), which dictated that House leadership not bring up any bill for a vote without the support of a majority of the majority party, Boehner said, “Listen: It was never a rule to begin with.” Then, realizing the gravity of admitting
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