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Friday, September 14, 2012

Are the programs offered by colleges in correlation to current market requirements?

Day 45



Recently I read an article on about colleges, worst college careers and education debt for the students who spend 4 to 6 years in completing their Bachelors or Master’s degree. Students on an average spend close 45,000 dollars to 90,000 dollars to enroll in a program offered by the university to earn a degree to secure the future. After the graduation of the program, students are discovering the prospects and opportunities that were pictured in the program are not available. As a result of the investment for education, the students are in debt now. How many of us have not taken a student loan for education and felt a pinch for repayment after graduation? 

So here is my question: Are the programs offered by colleges in correlation to current market requirements?

Do you think some of the programs the colleges offering are obsolete in the employment market? What is the market research performed by the colleges before enrolling the students in to the program? What is the part that financial aid playing to ensuring the colleges is offering market relevant programs for the students? Do you think financial aid must regulate colleges for program based on the repayment statistics for student graduation versus employment? 

There are some state forgiveness programs for students for specific program. How about the state forgiveness program for students that graduated an educational program but the opportunity is obsolete? How current are the program syllabus of the colleges established and what is the participation of the Department of Labor in the program syllabus for college programs? Department of Labor must have played an active role in regulating Department of education to produce graduates in correlation to the demands.

“Educational programs should create proficiency for students to become an entrepreneur and not an encumbrance”

~Lenji Jacob

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