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Article: For democracy, we need to treat college education as a public good.(Editorials)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2007
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Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Dennis Gilbert The Register-Guard
In his column in the Aug. 27 Register-Guard, Sriram Khe asks "Does U.S. oversell college?"
He answers yes, and invokes the old joke about jobs and college degrees with the punch line "Do you want fries with that?" He analyzes much of the value people place in college as coming from 1) "blind faith" in college leading to a better life, and 2) employers using college degrees in their "daunting task" of choosing one person over another, which gives degrees an inflated importance.
What is true is going to college requires a great deal of sacrifice for most people in the United States. ...