tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600649861401831340.post3031729076605918807..comments2023-10-29T07:32:35.283-07:00Comments on Nutty, Dry and a Hint of Vanilla: Request-URI TOO LARGEMLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06418722553291780856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600649861401831340.post-71922614193375833542010-09-22T20:25:36.737-07:002010-09-22T20:25:36.737-07:00Everything that was shared about the benefits of t...Everything that was shared about the benefits of the university are true! But are they doubly true now that tuition fees are uncapped and have doubled at SFU since 2001? <br /><br />I think its unrealistic for universities to expect students to go into debt an (an average) value of $35,000 without expecting to be able to pay it off afterwards. <br /><br />Ridic.Deannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892140417751707104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600649861401831340.post-2841590729402743272010-09-22T10:08:51.641-07:002010-09-22T10:08:51.641-07:00Re: enrollment in business, econ, law programs up ...Re: enrollment in business, econ, law programs up at the expense of arts and humanities.<br /><br />It might be that we've all been sold (including the policymakers) the idea that university programs lead directly to jobs. But does it really work out that way? Obviously, you need a law degree to be a lawyer (unless of course you're very sneaky :-) and probably an MBA if you want to be a CEO, but these are the high-visibility examples that might not be representative of the larger career picture.<br /><br />I bet an awful lot of people's University-to-job trajectory is simply that University puts you in the loop with the people who are looking to hire.<br /><br />So the idea that we should privilege specifically career-related programs is perhaps oversold. It's oversold because it's such an easy sell: it makes sense at first glance. But this kind of thinking takes away from the more general benefits we've been talking about.jmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536915005247719275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600649861401831340.post-72106927414769768902010-09-22T10:06:15.792-07:002010-09-22T10:06:15.792-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.jmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01536915005247719275noreply@blogger.com