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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3626275" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>I retired from Higher Ed (my second career) 7 years ago. There are certain fields that require degrees; Nursing, Accounting, most Medical Fields, Law, Teaching (elementary, Middle, or High School), Teaching at the college level certainly requires a degree, usually at least a Masters. Then we have those who major in History, Art, Dance, etc. Those are <em>hobby </em>degrees; they won't qualify you for a specific job. I am of the opinion that one should consider what field they want to work in and then carry on with post-secondary education accordingly. Oklahoma has one of the best Vocational/Technical Career Training [programs in the Nation. Welders, sheet metal workers, IT (to a <em> degree <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😝" title="Squinting face with tongue :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61d.png" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:" /></em>), etc. College is not for everyone, those who plan are usually those with a better chance of success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3626275, member: 10465"] I retired from Higher Ed (my second career) 7 years ago. There are certain fields that require degrees; Nursing, Accounting, most Medical Fields, Law, Teaching (elementary, Middle, or High School), Teaching at the college level certainly requires a degree, usually at least a Masters. Then we have those who major in History, Art, Dance, etc. Those are [I]hobby [/I]degrees; they won't qualify you for a specific job. I am of the opinion that one should consider what field they want to work in and then carry on with post-secondary education accordingly. Oklahoma has one of the best Vocational/Technical Career Training [programs in the Nation. Welders, sheet metal workers, IT (to a [I] degree 😝[/I]), etc. College is not for everyone, those who plan are usually those with a better chance of success. [/QUOTE]
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