"The Three-Year Solution"

Lamar Alexander:

. . . some forward-looking colleges like Hartwick are rethinking the old way of doing things and questioning decades-old assumptions about what a college degree means. For instance, why does it have to take four years to earn a diploma? This fall, 16 first-year students and four second-year students at Hartwick, located halfway between Binghamton and Albany, enrolled in the school's new three-year degree program. According to the college, the plan is designed for high-ability, highly motivated students who wish to save money or to move along more rapidly toward advanced degrees.

I absolutely support this idea. Even 35+ years ago, a year could have been cut reasonably easily from college or high school or both. It would be even easier today.

Get those kids graduated and get 'em working, so they can pay for my Social Security.

Comments

[Jim]

Okay, old guy, stop shipping the fucking jobs overseas and we'll start working.

[Larry Larry]

Okay Jim, stop taxing the Corps. to death and they may consider hanging around.

[JorgXMcKie]

35 years ago you had to have, in Illinois, 4 years worth of PE credits to graduate. You were required to have 16 one-year credits in courses. I was allowed the possibility of graduation in 3 years since I had 17 academic credits, but getting that fourth PE credit dropped nearly took an okay from the Governor, the President, the Pope, and 18 angels. Sheesh.