Mike Rowe, CEO of MikeRoweWorks Foundation, examines the challenges American families face when paying for child care and considering higher education.
Skilled workers advocate Mike Rowe warns that US higher education faces a ‘huge reckoning’ as more families reevaluate their options when it comes to child care and degrees. did.
“I believe there is a big calculation being made where parents are looking at the cost of a four-year degree through a PR lens,” Lowe said. “American Newsroom” Tuesday.
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The cost of attending college in the United States has increased significantly in recent years. Combined with record inflation and high student debt, more parents and students are looking for alternatives to four-year degrees.
According to the Wall Street Journal, nearly 50% of parents say they will not send their children to a four-year college. Additionally, two-thirds of high school students think it’s okay to not have a college degree.
Mike Rowe, CEO of MikeRoweWorks Foundation, comments on the challenges facing higher education. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images/Fox News)
The former “Dirty Jobs” host blamed these changes on “inflation” in higher education, particularly in prestigious universities like Harvard.
“Inflation is not limited to our economy,” he said. “There’s credential inflation. There’s grade inflation. There’s a legacy issue there.”
”[Parents are] I’m going to look at a place like Harvard…Harvard’s average GPA today is 3.8. When we were students, it was the best grade. In 1955, that number was 2.55.”
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Lowe also addressed the university’s recent scandal involving former president Claudine Gay.
“There’s $51 billion in the endowment fund. We’re all sitting in front row seats at Harvard, just working hard to defend the president in the face of 50 plagiarism charges. So , you can’t look at everything and blame the parents.’And then you go, ‘Yeah, maybe that’s not true,'” Lowe said.
Gay was accused last October of plagiarizing several passages from published academic papers dating back to the 1990s, after receiving backlash for comments he made during a Congressional hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses. It has been found.Following his initial claim, other suspicion of plagiarism It was done against gays in the weeks that followed.
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Lowe said that as more Americans move away from traditional higher education, other paths into the skilled workforce become more desirable.
“Meanwhile, shameless bastards, my foundation awards work ethic scholarships to match, on average.” [of] “We train welders, steam fitters, pipe fitters, electricians, heating and air conditioning,” Lowe added. I talk to people who have passed through that path every day. They are making six numbers. They have no debt. ”
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In light of the changing culture surrounding higher education, many well-known companies are relaxing or eliminating college degree requirements. Major companies such as Netflix, Google, Tesla, and Bank of America are among those making changes to hiring requirements.
“I know I have a spotty record on this, but as higher education continues to get a little unstable, these other avenues look bright and new.”
FOX News’ Kyle Morris contributed to this report.
