Education will be the death of us

Education may not be the key to national prosperity.
Pumping funding into tertiary education is far from the answer to national prosperity. All that will be achieved is a weakening of the value in educational qualifications.
If degrees are too numerous and relatively ‘easy’ to obtain then employers will be looking for higher qualifications for candidates to prove their worth.

‘Does New Zealand really need people with diplomas of tourism running bungy jumps?’
Peter Lyons

There is value in a degree for teachers and many are returning to ‘school’ to obtain one in order to reap the financial rewards but if diplomas are required for bungy jump operators then degrees will be required for Front of House staff, Masters for Conference Centre Assistants  and you can’t possibly go anywhere in the hotel industry without a PhD.
So where is that going to leave the traditional professions.

I know for a fact that science has been suffering over the last few years... But who would do science, Physics, chemistry, biology? Especially if there are easier subject to get degrees in.
Hence the shortage of science graduates over the past few years.

So, what is going to make Universities look at a student’s capabilities as criteria for admission rather than simply trying to fill the quota and grab the cash?

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