The most alarming and depressing stats I’ve come across are that 45% of college students didn’t seem to learn much of anything during their first two years, and as many as 36% showed no improvement after four years. Whatever’s going on with these kids at these schools, it’s not education.
I could never take university seriously enough, but it wasn’t for the lack of trying. It just felt old and slow. Glad I left early.
Stop Requiring College Degrees – Andrew McAfee – Harvard Business Review