What is the "purpose" of higher education?

When a global thermal nuclear war happens and all the 0s and 1s storing your fake money in all those servers shuts down... How much you you believe that $100,000 piece of framed paper will help you?

Brainwashing

Seems now Higher education is more about learning several new gender and pronouns. Hogher education use to be preparing for a career.

In my own experience, higher education is for those of us who need extra help getting noticed in the various career fields of the real world. It isn't necessarily to train people for careers because a lot of us get that training and experience from other avenues. Military personnel often get the necessary training in their branchs of service. I've acquired nearly all of the experience I need for Community Health (my major) throughout my life prior to military service and then got more during my military career. The only two reasons I couldn't walk into any job dealing with public health are because I don't have my degree yet (class of 2025) and because I'm not white. Now before you get offended and jump down my throat, remember...THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE! Yours will probably vary.

My Question Is Rather Simple. It's The Answer Which Is Tough.
When We Compare OUR Quality Of Education To Other Countries In Our World,
How Do We Stack Up?.....Information Is Available Throughout The Web;
But Here's A Short ~ "Not Well"....And As We've Heard, "Crap Flows Down Hill",
And We're At The Bottom Of The Totem Pole......

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/best-countries-education/

Thank you for sharing this!

- Train for careers
- To attain a base of knowledge which you can build upon
- To help you live a good life
- To be exposed to lessons learned throughout history
- To learn critical thinking

This is a good question. This is the only way I can answer this. My Step-Daughter went to the University of Houston in 2004, and graduated with a DOUBLE MAJOR in Sociology and Psychology. She is currently working for the State of Texas as a Social Worker, and is pursuing a Masters Degree through the University of Texas. As for myself, I started College when I was in the Army. Even though I didn't have an idea as to what degree I wanted to pursue, because the Army views College as educational improvement, I was acquiring more promotion points in addition to the correspondence courses I was also taking. Because of the college courses I was taking, I got promoted to Sergeant in 1994, and Staff Sergeant in 2000. Keep in mind that I did not get my Associated Degree until 2005, and I earned my Bachelor's Degree in 2014. Bottom line here, is that I was able to progress in rank, and later on retire from the military because I started college way back in 1992.

They are supposed to teach people "How-To Think", not what to think.
They are not supposed to indoctrinate.
They are not supposed to be easy.
They are not supposed to espouse rhetoric.
They are not supposed to be free, nor are to be beyond cost.
They are supposed to be (after you learn how to think) an enabler.

Sometimes I thought it was to put me in a higher class of unemployment.