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Should unemployed grads sue their universities?

Posted by Eudaimonia 10 years, 8 months ago to Politics
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I've been thinking lately about the problem of the glut of unemployed college graduates.

The Marxist non-solution is yet another bail-out: to forgive student loan debt.

However, this does not address the real problem.

Universities are viewed, rightly or wrongly, as the gateway to better jobs.
Students and their families go into ridiculous debt based on this implied promise.
Yet, when at university, students do not receive the training needed to succeed in the business world.
Instead, they are indoctrinated in the ways of anti-business agitation.

Soon, if it hasn't happened already, employers will begin to realize that hiring anyone with a non-tech degree or *any* Ivy League degree is risking hiring an anti-business agitator.

Google has already stated that they prefer hiring people who have not attended college because they are more intellectually curious.

At what point should unemployed grads sue their universities for fraud?

Your thoughts are welcome.


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  • Posted by 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    While there is no contract stating that any particular person will get a job, and while there is no agreement of job placement, there is an implicit understanding which the universities promote that their degrees increase your chances of getting a job.

    Parents and students would not take on so much debt otherwise.

    And this is not an issue of one or two or a hundred screw-ups not able to find a job, this is an issue of hundreds of thousands who were sold a bill of goods.

    The universities promote themselves as the gateway to better jobs and then proudly behave in manners and promote policies which are detrimental to business.

    People bought a certificate for a better job and were given a certificate of employment poison.

    I believe that this is actionable.
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    Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 8 months ago
    Value for value. Students should realize that a degree from certain universities no longer translates into a better job and there for no longer offers the appropriate value for attending. I also think government should get out of the student loan business and let the free market handle it. For those in debt now they should sue the Obama Administration for throttling the economy.
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  • Posted by Snoogoo 10 years, 8 months ago
    They could never sue unless there was a contract signed by both parties stating that a job was guaranteed, that never happens. People are starting to realize that a lot of expensive degrees are useless. Let the market take care of the rest right? I read an article about a guy who got a masters degree in Entrepreneurship and then was confused as to why nobody would hire him.. really, need I say more?
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