We need to be talking shit about every school ranked ahead of us.
I'm glad you asked because I have no idea what I was thinking about. I think I conflated a story from somewhere else with the notoriety surrounding the discredited Rolling Stone rape case (ImTheCaptain's "let's chop dicks" moment)? Regardless, I can't find what I was remembering. Maybe UVA has wiped the internet!Which scandals were those?
I know there was a UVA cheating epidemic exposed about 20 years ago. But that was students not faculty.
“However, master’s degrees in psychology, social work, education, and the arts all have median earnings below $60,000 at age 45. While that’s above the U.S. median personal income, it’s quite low for people with graduate degrees during their peak earning years.”
These conditions make it obvious that our society doesn’t value these fields and the careers therein.
Also, why do we subsidize these fields through public universities, as those who earn degrees in these fields don't contribute much marginally to the tax base above a replacement worker ? and what is the opportunity cost of subsidizing these disciplines above others ?
Just said it was worth examining.
You're the sociologist with a million dollars invested in your education. Figure it out.
A big part of the problem is wealth is concentrated in the hands of so few people do those people have an outsized say in what knowledge is valuable. That’s why so many lucrative jobs basically just help wealthy people grow their wealth.
“However, master’s degrees in psychology, social work, education, and the arts all have median earnings below $60,000 at age 45. While that’s above the U.S. median personal income, it’s quite low for people with graduate degrees during their peak earning years.”
These conditions make it obvious that our society doesn’t value these fields and the careers therein.
I have. I already posted it. Our society wouldn’t be better off. Our society isn’t better off. But people like you seem to think so because…