Comments on: College for the Masses https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/college-for-the-masses/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/college-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-2268174 David Foster Sun, 03 May 2015 17:12:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37910#comment-2268174 Unless I’m missing something, the results do not necessarily imply the conclusion that he says they do. Potential employers do know whether the applicant has a college degree or now: how can he be sure that the admitted/not-admitted variable actually has any effect on the individual’s abilities, rather than just being a credential?

Also, even if college does improve self-discipline as claimed, no evidence is presented as to why it is a better way of achieving such improvement than other alternative: military service, starting a small business, making a long-distance sailing voyage, etc

]]> By: Coyote https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/college-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-2265698 Coyote Fri, 01 May 2015 03:05:13 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37910#comment-2265698 Quelle surprise: the voice of the cathedral propagandizes enrolling blank-slate minds into the indoctrination centers of the cathedral…

]]> By: Wilson https://www.isegoria.net/2015/04/college-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-2265331 Wilson Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:20:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37910#comment-2265331 Earn 20% more, but of course at a cost of earning 100% less for four years. Also assumes that you could vastly expand the number of college grads and they’d all be hired, and all at the same premium wage

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