Editor of the Pelican Post remarks Harvard Study Calls for New Education Priorities:

A new Harvard School of Education study, “Pathways to Prosperity,” recommends that educators place a stronger focus on vocational education and apprenticeships, rather than aim to send every high school student to college.

“We are the only developed nation that depends so exclusively on its higher education system as the sole institutional vehicle to help young people transition from secondary school to careers,” says Robert Schwartz, academic dean of the college and co-author of the study.

This produces many problems: lots of people don’t get a college degree who would like to (can’t afford to go; can’t pass), lots of people who do still can’t get a job, and let’s not get into the Profzi scheme for Ph.Ds. Here’s a partial solution:

“We need to do a better job exposing our students to different career pathways so that they understand what options are available to them after graduation.”

Wait! Somebody local talked about this recently: Ben Copeland at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce.

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