09-17-2019, 09:19 PM
FWIW... it's a chicken or egg issue... Universities started amping up the lifestyle stuff, and students started to move to it. Competition ensued.
Pisses me off. When I went college shopping with the kids the promo stuff was all lifestyle. I was all... um.. Academics ? Career path ?
College response was "Lifestyle ! Cool Dorms ! Look ! Luxury !"
Aargh. In the late 70's I sweated in the summer in a non air-conditioned tower, and did my homework wearing a parka and gloves in the winter. And walked to class a mile or so, downhill in the morning and uphill in the evening. Ate crappy cafeteria food. But the academics were rated about 9th in the country in Engineering.
The same school is all about the blingy lifestyle stuff. And Academics are rated about 50th in the country now. And yearly cost is about 15x what I paid back then.
" In a cave ! With a box of SCRAP !"
Pisses me off. When I went college shopping with the kids the promo stuff was all lifestyle. I was all... um.. Academics ? Career path ?
College response was "Lifestyle ! Cool Dorms ! Look ! Luxury !"
Aargh. In the late 70's I sweated in the summer in a non air-conditioned tower, and did my homework wearing a parka and gloves in the winter. And walked to class a mile or so, downhill in the morning and uphill in the evening. Ate crappy cafeteria food. But the academics were rated about 9th in the country in Engineering.
The same school is all about the blingy lifestyle stuff. And Academics are rated about 50th in the country now. And yearly cost is about 15x what I paid back then.
" In a cave ! With a box of SCRAP !"