09.13.07
Soon everyone will need a Ph.D.?
The New York Times had an article today about how the demand for masters programs and degrees is exploding. It’s amazing to me that in just a few generations, the entire paradigm of learning has shifted so dramatically. My own father never got a college degree and he is probably the last of those for whom it was possible to achieve a successful professional career without one. (He works in telecommunications management.) The experiential path to career success is narrowing rapidly, and yet for most jobs one can never learn the real nuts and bolts in the classroom. Even with those professions requiring the most “education” we can see this demonstrated; for example, look at the years that doctors must spend in residency and internship.
As a homeschooler I obviously embrace a lot of alternative educational perspectives, but I wonder sometimes if the schooling juggernaut is beyond stopping…