>In Fl the ruling class is not saying that there are too many people in
>college. Actually, they are saying that we need way more college grads.
>Universities are expanding and new ones are opening. Since only 17% of the
>FL population has a college degree (source for this statistic--a guy at a
>sandwich shop), there aren't people to fill those "technical/managerial"
>elite positions. Makes the new tuition policy all the more inexplicable.
>I guess they are trying to cut costs by getting as many people to do time
>at a community college before going to university.
They *say* they want a more educated workforce, but do they come through with the scratch? No. If it were really as urgent as the thumbsuckers say, the money would be there. Not to quote myself or anything, but when they complain about a "skills" shortage, what they're really complaining about is an attitude problem - insufficient self-sacrificiing, prosocial (i.e. pro-employer) behavior.
Doug