Poll: Most Republicans say colleges have negative impact on US

[Gus Money]

seems wie've been on this path for a long time.

Why No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger

This is wild.

 

[the next guy]

IMO, Immigrants are usually exceptions to the rule regardless of skin color. They aren't into the reality tv world and they most likely came to the country for a better life and education is a major aspect of that.

It's just embarrassing, and the one thing most americans have in common: lack of will to achieve anything beyond the superficial.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

With the news of campuses rioting after alt-right cac conservative speakers, threats to "free speech" from white supremacist, and a feeling that college campuses are hostile to white conservative men....this poll comes as zero surprise.

If any of THAT forms the main thrust of someone's opinion about college, then they are clueless.

There's almost no one in the entire country who actually cares at all about what happens to some random "alt-right cac conservative speaker" or whether some "white supremacist" gets equal time for his views on campus. And I'm betting that less than 10% of college kids have ever experienced that sort of stuff on their campus anyway.

And the privileged White conservative men are still heroes at their campuses of choice.

Ten years ago, none of those would have even been talking points. Then a Black man became president and White people lost their goddamn minds like the country was falling about around them and all their halls of power were suddenly collapsing.

do they factor in the chances of not finding much better work after?

I've never seen any study, ever, that showed that people don't find better work after college than they did before. There are anecdotal exceptions to everything, of course, but in the general case, on average going to college gives you a leg up in the job market.

basically, they are asking people that are college aged whether college has a negative impact or not. thus the answers they are getting will probably be skewed from a college aged persons perspective....


not to mention the small numbers they used.

That's simply not true, because the LARGE majority of households don't have a "college aged" person in them at all. College-aged persons only comprise a small % of the total adult population, and they are often in separate households from the other adults.

Not to mention they aren't going to "skew" the average in a particular direction. A college-aged person who is going to college and a college-aged person who is working instead of going to college might have different answers.

And those aren't "small numbers" at all for the rather large sub-groups quoted.

 

[Shogun]

In case you haven't seen, this dude is the poster boy for this kind of thinking.
I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of what he speaks about, but he is serving as a mouthpiece for alt-right shyt heads...
Anyway, if you're interested:

 

[Mythical Truth]

Well, the uneducated is his base, so ...

 

[88m3]

seems we've been on this path for a long time.

Why No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger

jesus fukking christ

 

[ORDER_66]

Dont most of these republican politicians go to these ivy league colleges tho???

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Man we're not going to get into simple statistics with these stupid fukks. VVD aka Mephistopheles destroyed them over this during the election. If they don't get it by now, tell em to find a bridge and jump head first.

"A poll of 2,000 American squirrels found that none of them carried rabies and were perfectly safe to eat, if a bit gamy."

 

[TTT]

It is based on the idea that colleges are indoctrination camps or such bullshyt. Colleges are part of the culture wars hence the Tucker Carlson types focus on every little thing that goes on around campuses. There are bound to be more opinionated and idealistic people in college who like to express those views. It is those values that many Republicans don't like which is aided by how they view society,

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Burying everyone in debt is the only angle that has some merit.

What about burying them in knowledge?

 

[Shogun]

What about burying them in knowledge?

You must not know many college graduates.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

You must not know many college graduates.

That was pretty standoffish

 

[Shogun]

That was pretty standoffish

It's always such substantive discussion when you're involved. You must be a college graduate.
It's been a pleasure, of course.
Good day.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

It's always such substantive discussion when you're involved. You must be a college graduate.
It's been a pleasure, of course.
Good day.

Most of my friends and acquaintances have masters degrees or at least a bachelors and I wouldn't consider them to be dull.

Do you also hold yourself in such poor regard?

 

[Shogun]

Most of my friends and acquaintances have masters degrees or at least a bachelors and I wouldn't consider them to be dull.

Do you also hold yourself in such poor regard?

No, but I would contest the vast majority of what I've truly learned has been on my own initiative, reading and such. Not in the multiple university courses I've completed.
Most of my friends and acquaintances would agree.
Undergrad, especially. Most people I know can concede that they didn't truly learn much in undergrad. Certainly not enough to justify 150,000 dollars in tuition & fees (and quickly rising).
And these are good schools I'm talking about .

Look, just because an issue has entered the realm of Republicans vs. Democrats, it doesn't mean you have to go full troll on it.