I think a large portion of the problem is expecting university to be needed to get a job. It's largely not true, but it's perceived to be true, and so students fill up ranks in droves, and further to that, unis (under the current model) are incentivised to make lower barriers of entries and to graduate more students.
I think largely, the solution would be to stop the "uni is needed for jobs" thing. have training centers, have in job apprenticeship programs, etc, or atleast keep uni minimally involved.
I think if uni was to stop being seen as a "job centre" and was relied upon for more governmental policy things, or allowed to interact with business while also keeping as the seperate special class / meritocratic, then it'd be forever-protected (theoretically if it was working well).
Unfortunately university is one of Australia's prime exports, so things aren't changing here any time soon (here).
Not just Australia, I don’t really see it changing in North America either.
It’s gonna get worse before it gets better.
> I think largely, the solution would be to stop the "uni is needed for jobs" thing. have training centers, have in job apprenticeship programs, etc, or atleast keep uni minimally involved.
I agree that this would be the result of a solution. But the question is, how do we get society as a whole to believe that?
I cynically, and honestly, believe that people aren’t going to stop believing that it’s necessary to get an undergrad degree (and pretty soon a masters) until three universities have burned through their reputation and prestige.
Brain storming some ideas:
I think a large portion of the problem is expecting university to be needed to get a job. It's largely not true, but it's perceived to be true, and so students fill up ranks in droves, and further to that, unis (under the current model) are incentivised to make lower barriers of entries and to graduate more students.
I think largely, the solution would be to stop the "uni is needed for jobs" thing. have training centers, have in job apprenticeship programs, etc, or atleast keep uni minimally involved.
I think if uni was to stop being seen as a "job centre" and was relied upon for more governmental policy things, or allowed to interact with business while also keeping as the seperate special class / meritocratic, then it'd be forever-protected (theoretically if it was working well).
Unfortunately university is one of Australia's prime exports, so things aren't changing here any time soon (here).