Originally Posted by
CBreezy
While there are certainly exceptions, by and large with the average price of tuition, the working your way through school isn't nearly as doable as it was 20 years ago. Plus, aside from a part time gig for spending money, a student in college should spend the majority of his efforts studying, not struggling to stay afloat. Otherwise they are going to struggle to complete their studies in a reasonable time with a satisfactory GPA.
I agree tuition is crazy. It's outright scandalous. So much so, in fact, that I predict that a "major university bubble" will burst in the not too distant future. People are running out of reasons to waste $250K on a gender studies degree. As long as the govt doesn't do something absurd like try to pay for everyone's tuition, kids are going to start looking elsewhere. And it can't come too soon, these institutions are losing credibility.
If we're looking at this from the perspective that a pilot needs a bachelor's degree to get hired at a major... we're talking about a means to an end, not education or knowledge. So, go online: fraction of the cost and infinitely more flexible. Or go to a community college for the first two years, and then go waste your $$ at the major university if that piece of paper is so important.
However, if "knowledge" matters, again go online. I haven't verified this myself, but I've heard most prestigious Universities post their curriculum and lectures online for free. Also, for pennies you can learn web design and marketing on websites like skillshare. The content is there if these kids are interested... the piece of paper, however, that'll cost you. The upside is that the market is becoming less interested in what is becoming a meaningless representation of "work ethic", and more interested in tangible skills. It'll be interesting to see if the rest of the airlines follow suit.