Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for July 13, 2010

Yet, tuition prices rise?????

Hehehee… very familiar. I used to be cocky like that.

Where is Freshman College? XD

Gotta love her attitude….

what happens to the workplace when everyone has a degree? I think that in any economy, there can only be a finite number of rich, if the masses standard of living improves, something happens and the rich still stay rich, right?

Potrzebie – sure. So? All that means is that, no matter what population you’re looking at, the “bell curve” never goes away. Random variation in personal giftedness, opportunity, and sheer luck will always happen.

In any decent society, we as individuals are called to do our best to be opportunity and luck for our neighbors – especially those who happen to be on the wrong end of the lollipop.

Thnaks for the bell curve comparison, I have been trying to get my noodle untwisted around that one. I’m sure there’s some sort of principle. Speaking of curves, did you read about the Hispanic Banker whom was fired?

Sorry, this strip has the facts wrong, do a search. I just read on foxnews, huffingtonpost, etc. just the opposite, kids are skipping college in record levels. In Florida more than 1/3 of graduates are forgoing college. And the low/moderate income students “non-college-enrollement” records are at an all-time high this year. What she said in the first panel would be awesome - if it were true.

google search entered for college enrollment trends supports the cartoon

High School diplomas used to be more the exception than the rule. But once they became the norm (although of course not universal), they started being taken for granted. Employers (in office jobs and such) started setting a college degree as the bare minimum to even look at your resume. If a Bachelor’s becomes the norm, then they’ll have to raise the bar higher, or set some other qualification as the Mendoza Line. (And there are many jobs for which a 4.0 GPA in Russian Literature would be a better indicator of a good hire than a 2.5 in Engineering, even though the job involves neither Engineering nor Russian Literature.)

I’m amused whenever somebody points out the people with Humanities degrees who are pulling espresso and such, and says “They should have studied Engineering; they’d have better jobs.” If every college freshman studied Engineering, then the barristas would simply have a B.S. they’re not using instead of a B.A they’re not using. There aren’t enough engineering jobs out there to absorb much more than the current output of grads. Or finance jobs, or law jobs, or marketing jobs, or whatever. (Although, as Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “There is always room at the top.” That’s the sort of attitude Gracie seems to have.)

Many people don’t look at higher education as simply a way to get a high-paying job when they graduate; they go to college because they want to learn things about areas in which they have interest. The whole idea of a “Liberal education” is to make you a well-rounded person when you’re finished, not to prepare you for a trade.

High School guidance councilors agree with this comic … colleges that were always considered “safety schools” now have “wait lists”

I work at a college and the whole industry is seeing an increase in enrollment.