TAG: higher education

Do We Need A Degree To Be Educated?

Mike Sygula – Does the fact that someone has no academic degree in a particular field mean that this person is incapable of becoming an expert?

How Higher Education in the US Was Destroyed in 5 Basic Steps

Debra Leigh Scott, AlterNet Waking Times Higher education is not what it used to be, and that’s no accident. A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ I think he

Casualties of Debt – Selling America’s Students to the Banks

Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times In today’s America, debt is a regular part of life. It drives our economy and enables our culture. Due to the expense of higher education, rising cost of living, consumerism, and the ongoing dollar crisis, it is becoming evermore difficult to live in the United States without accruing considerable


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