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1 " We've reached a point in human history where higher education no longer works. As a result of technology, higher education in its traditional college setting no longer works. It will never be effective or progressive enough to keep up with the growing needs of employers who look to college institutions for their future employees.I can appreciate the good intent the college system set out to achieve. For previous generations, the formula actually worked. Students enrolled into universities that were affordable, they gained marketable skills and they earned good jobs. Since there was a proven track record of success, parents instilled the value of college in their children thinking they would achieve the same success story they did, but unfortunately Wall Street was watching. Wall Street, the federal government and the college system ganged up and skyrocketed the cost of tuition to record highs. This was easy to do because not only did they have posters blanketing high schools showing kids what a loser they would be if they didn't go to college, they also had Mom and Dad at home telling them the same thing.This system - spending 4+ years pursuing a college education when the world is changing at the speed of light - no longer works and it's not fixable. We now have the biggest employer's market in human history, where employers have their pick of the litter, and because of this employees will get paid less and less and benefits will continue to erode. "
2 " I'd decided the campus was just a place to hide. There were some campus freaks who stayed on forever. The whole college scene was soft. They never told you what to expect out there in the real world. They just crammed you with theory and never told you how hard the pavements were. A college education could destroy an individual for life. Books could make you soft. When you put them down, and really went out there, then you needed to know what they never told you. "
― Charles Bukowski , Ham on Rye
3 " The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. "
― William James
4 " Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of loans, both private and from the government. "
5 " I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life. "
6 " Middle class families are struggling to send their sons and daughters to school. For many Americans, a college education is essential to future success. "
7 " The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. "
8 " Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college. "
9 " So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible. "
10 " Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question. "
11 " In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. "
