It's also the big opportunity costs for many people. The first two years btw for most degrees is virtually complete duplication of high school content if you didn't graduate with just the bare minimum requirements, and they somehow think it makes sense to add generally 9 units for upper division gen ed.
Even Robert Reich came around to seeing as a fail.
The former secretary of labor on our broken higher ed model and how we can open more gateways to the middle class
www.salon.com
Here's a great example of the opportunity cost craziness.
Here are the steps to take to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).
health.ucsd.edu
New requirements 2023-2024: Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) will require a minimum of a master’s degree in addition to supervised practice from an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)-accredited program to be eligible to take the registration examination to become a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN).
Applicants participating in the spring 2023 dietetic internship match for UC San Diego Health will be required to have completed a minimum of a master’s degree before the start of the internship to be eligible for admission.
So BS + MS + 1-year internship just to be a registered dietitian. The military lets you do nutrition and better compensation trajectory with just about a month of technical training....