ITT Technical Institutes Shuts Down
Yes ITT was a money grabbing parasite and I'm glad they are gone. But the glamorous 4 years schools aren't as great as they set themselves to be.<p>Many students come out of the great schools owing thousands and having a very hard time getting a job.<p>This is not new. The fact is that universities weren't created for job training. Their job was to expand your knowledge. That's why you can get a degree in Greek mythology or Latin or whatever.<p>It was really a way for rich people to spend their time in something constructive. Somewhere the idea of a university and job training came together but universities aren't very good at job training so that's the big problem. We as a society don't have a great way to train the massed for society's jobs.<p>Community college focus on getting you to a four year college but they need to do a better job at job training.<p>For profit schools have tried but they focus on profits and lose sight of the students.<p>We blame the institutions but students also need to take responsibility. If you can't take the time learn don't expect to get a job where someone needs to have a productive employee to keep the business going.<p>Also the K-12 schools need to do something to fix the problem. How is it that a student goes through 13 years of school and not learn to be a productive employee? That the real shame.Yet we put the blame elsewhere.<p>Politicians love to argue the effects of same sex bathrooms but they aren't willing to take on why schools are failing society.<p>We need to fix that.