Equally off-putting to some was the notion that education was an investment – that an important reason to pursue post-secondary schooling, for example, was to raise one’s future earnings. The education establishment recoiled at what it considered a less-than-noble reason to seek higher education.
同样令一些人难以接受的是将教育视为投资的概念——比如，追求高等教育的一个重要原因是提高未来收入。教育机构对于这一不那么高尚的追求高等教育的动机颇有微词。