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From: spf@whuts.UUCP (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm)
Newsgroups: comp.edu,misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: Re: CS and Jobs
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Date: 6 Apr 88 20:18:33 GMT
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> If you really want to change the system, I think that having employers
> pay the costs of education is more realistic.
> -Tom

Who do you suppose pays it now?  I worked "blue collar" jobs to get
myself through college, but sure didn't go to an Ivy League school.
As far as I can tell, students in "the right" schools have their
way paid by some combination of 
	(1) their parents savings;
	(2) industrial scholarships;
	(3) government-sponsored loans.

I speculate (note the lack of data) that mechanism (1) ultimately comes
from the same (broadly defined) industry that will receive the
graduate, and (2) clearly does.  (3) will be repayed by the
student out of their industrial salary.

This doesn't even consider the "donation" programs which keep
companies visible in universities as a recruiting/sales ploy.

So, again, if not industry, who pays for schooling now?

I think this is why there is less education in modern schooling
and more vocational emphasis.  The student's parents (1) want them
to burn their savings on something "worthwhile", or the sponsoring
industry (2) only gives to vocational majors, or the student wants
to be sure and get a job so they can repay the loans (3).

Steve Frysinger,
	 a certified "BA Generalist" who got a job anyway.
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