03-06-2011, 12:55 AM
the MA is the new BA, and you can't get into the Masters programs without your BA, so....
really, the question here should be: is college necessary - at all?
parents are scared stiff of not sending their kids or encouraging them to attend college because the "alternative" has always been differentiated by class and its cousin, socioeconomic status.
listen to this show to get a little bit of an idea of what is possible (it's not as good a show as it could have been, IMO).
http://onpoint.wbur.org/media-player?url...o-college/&title=Should+Everybody+Go+To+College%3F&pubdate=2011-03-02&segment=1
really, the question here should be: is college necessary - at all?
parents are scared stiff of not sending their kids or encouraging them to attend college because the "alternative" has always been differentiated by class and its cousin, socioeconomic status.
listen to this show to get a little bit of an idea of what is possible (it's not as good a show as it could have been, IMO).
http://onpoint.wbur.org/media-player?url...o-college/&title=Should+Everybody+Go+To+College%3F&pubdate=2011-03-02&segment=1