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.Many students come out of the great schools owing thousands and having a very hard time getting a job.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.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.Community college focus on getting you to a four year college but they need to do a better job at job training.For profit schools have tried but they focus on profits and lose sight of the students.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.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.Politicians love to argue the effects of same sex bathrooms but they aren't willing to take on why schools are failing society.We need to fix that.