from Hacker News

Why Americans Have Lost Faith in the Value of College

by sylvainkalache on 1/21/24, 10:54 PM with 12 comments

• by thisislife2 on 1/22/24, 6:31 AM

  It's the cost of getting a college education in the US that turns people off from it. Those who can't afford it often tend to rationalise it as "unnecessary". And unfortunately that idea seems to have spread in the US, without much challenge, as more and more Americans have been unable to afford a college education. This seems to have had a social "affirmation effect" on US society. So much that we even find that sentiment here in HN - "College is a waste of time and money." The consumer psychology is similar to those who buy a "premium" expensive product, like Apple iPhones or macs, and then irrationally defend it when its obvious faults are pointed out to them. The lack or abundance of wealth really does weird things to our way of thinking.

• by thr0way120 on 1/22/24, 6:32 AM

  https://archive.is/P1yQh

  This article is a PsyOp. Look at the data. Men are the ones leaving. The catestrophic drop in male attendance is due to the Me Too movement (2018) and the 2009 election of Obama.

  They are trying to cover up the fact that the majority of reason that men are leaving university is that it has been politicized against men.

  Two data points important in this data:

  1. Obama elected in 2009, and began a full-nation emphasis on making things politically correct and installing DEI at every level of society, including universities. Men began checking out of college at that point.

  2. October 2017 ( 2018 ) the Me Too movement began, causing a catestrophic dump in male attendance of college

  Its the toxic politics in the united states that are turning institutions against men, not all these other reasons.

  Women are getting the memo, they are a lagging indicator. Men leaving is causing the exodus in women.

  The Democratic party, and it's influence organs, turned against men as a class, and men decided to check out of every institution, marriage, dating, college, work.

• by JohnFen on 1/22/24, 6:54 PM

  It seems pretty obvious to me. The cost/benefit ratio isn't favorable.