Higher Education has run ashore and it's not sandy beaches it's rocky. Call it coruption or just guys playing the capitalist game because they can but the cost of Big Ed is under scrutiny. The cost of administration/profit-taking is out of hand mainly because of endouments. Instead of providing steady financial support for educational institutions, they have become big money makers for those that run them. The funds are recycled like high-roller gambles in Vegas going 'all-in' on every hand. No time to place a few bucks back into the educational needs of the current generation of students. This comes at a bad time as colleges scramble to keep afloat. The pandemic backlash has the idea of mass education and the sports events that have become engrained in the 'schooling' experience problematic. Higher Education has a lot of holes. The point is to become aware of how to establish a career as a young person and move on with your life not be buried with student debt and memorabilia to hang on the wall of your childhood bedroom at your parent's house. It's time for Big Ed to growup and make sense again. School should be for learning not developing an alcohol problem and massive debt. That's the description of a loser.

There are counter-concepts to instituionalize education especially for ordinary vocations. Even high-tech has become mainstream. Exotic careers that require specialist training are where university settings make sense but if you are just trying to get a ticket to be hired into a job in the community other alternatives have appeal. Here's the rub. Even though college degrees are becoming even more of a requirement for good jobs, the education they represent is getting weaker. An employer still needs a skilled worker. Preperation is the key. Get involved with career goals as early as you can and get the basics learned early, minimize the exposure to costly education and don't get sucked-in by on-campus glory seeking. None of that has value in the workforce.

We are going to experience a paradigm shift in higher education as schools try to push more online training. If you've experienced much of this you know it's not the best. There is no at-home learning that beats being face-to-face with competition, working with groups on a project, one-on-one with a professor (or more common nowadays - an adjunct professional).

Might I suggest, if you have the contacts, to check in with companies you have an interest in for a job and ask about traning curriculums that focus on trianing they sponsor both in-house or via local colleges that leads to a degree that is nationally recognized. Companies are fast becoming aware that they really don't want employees with massive student debt, have had nothing but online training, or have no 'real-world' experience. But you have to go to these opportunities knowing something about the topic.

Access to knowledge thesedays is not the problem. Getting experience that has sales appeal is. This website is about the tech fields and this implies a person that has to spend a lot of time on their own researching, studying, and doing projects that build skills. Like and author, you have to know the grammar, practice writing everyday, getting feedback on what you write to gauge where you stand. If you get onboard with the program (no pun intended) you should be able to get where you want to be dispite all the crap going on around us currently.