Wednesday, April 25, 2012

4/25/12 - Higher Education Bubble - Has It Already Burst?


This sensationalized MSNBC news graphic comes as the result of a Georgetown University study -  to read more see this online story: http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/04/23/the-13-most-useless-majors-from-philosophy-to-journalism.html#slide1
Thanks to new Facebook friend and fellow artist, Francis Vallejo, for posting about this.

This attitude is indicative of the current mindset that capitalism will solve all our problems and meet our every need. Absolute nonsense. Okay, I am editorializing here.

So is there an educational bubble just like there was in real estate? Has it already burst? Are college degrees over valued? They are definitively overpriced.

Check out this post form all the way back in 2007 - Gannon Beck was on to it then. Open source education!
http://www.lexkyccg.blogspot.com/2007/11/110407-excellent-autodactic-posts-and.html

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