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humanodon · 4086 days ago · link · · parent · post: Fuck You. I'm Gen Y, and I Don't Feel Special or Entitled, Just Poor.
Maybe. But, consider that colleges and universities are businesses. True, most of them are "non-profit" or "not for profit" but that doesn't mean that they don't make money. Most colleges and universities have big names in several fields attached to them, not for their teaching abilities, which they may or may not have, but for the draw of prestige. Colleges and universities wouldn't offer majors in fields that are less employable if there wasn't a demand for them. To ask an 18 year old kid, especially one that's been sheltered and pumped up their entire life to think about something that could alter the shape of their life as one of their first independent, adult decisions is asking quite a lot, wouldn't you say?