Submitted by David Starr on February 7, 2008 - 1:11pm.
Not everyone is cut out for college. Nor does everyone need a college degree to be successful. For millions of people, learning a skill or trade, technical or not, is a perfectly appropriate and smart choice. Because of caps on federal loans and Pell grants, private loans close the gap for many, less affluent students so they can get that skill. The elitists at NAF insist that these people should get a B.A. or A.A..
The author is so out of touch with the very people he thinks he's trying to help. He and his NAF colleagues are so blinded by idealogical bias (against for-profit institutions and for the Halls of Ivy) that they can't see that many for-profit technical schools do a very good job. For many Americans these schools are the gateway to their American Dream.
Height of Arrogance
Not everyone is cut out for college. Nor does everyone need a college degree to be successful. For millions of people, learning a skill or trade, technical or not, is a perfectly appropriate and smart choice. Because of caps on federal loans and Pell grants, private loans close the gap for many, less affluent students so they can get that skill. The elitists at NAF insist that these people should get a B.A. or A.A..
The author is so out of touch with the very people he thinks he's trying to help. He and his NAF colleagues are so blinded by idealogical bias (against for-profit institutions and for the Halls of Ivy) that they can't see that many for-profit technical schools do a very good job. For many Americans these schools are the gateway to their American Dream.