hexi [they/them]@hexbear.nettoWorld News@lemmy.ml•This public university just announced massive layoffs. Is all higher ed at risk?
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Colleges act like Scientology in the states. Equating education with how much money you’ve handed them.
Meanwhile anything can be learned online, but it counts for nothing because corporations treat purchases credentials as the only legitimate form of “education”.
$73 of GDP is produced for every hour worked in the U.S. — https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/labor-productivity-per-hour-pennworldtable
The $7 minimum wage and $15 joke that the media calls a “living wage” are so far off the mark that strikes are the only tool that makes sense.