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Value in Pursuing Higher Education

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A somewhat recent study by the University of California-Davis computer science department takes a different spin on the perceived shortage of Americans in the technological workforce. They assess that America’s lackluster representation in quantity is not due to a diminishing number of skilled Americans but rather a glut of imported talent from overseas. The situation may still lend itself toward a smaller pool of American tech workers in the future, however, as diminished demand for them will inherently drive students towards other fields. After all, the question is often asked whether paying continuously inflating tuition prices or even attending elite colleges is worth the effort anymore.

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not due to a diminishing number of skilled Americans but rather a glut of imported talent

This fits with one of the theories for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. A fat, wealthy nation can afford to outsource its thinking to lesser peoples. Eventually the essence that made the nation great is lost and it finds itself running on capital and unable to defend itself.

We no longer value intellectual achievement. Our celebrities are mostly non-achievers with good publicists, or they achieve in fields that are essentially worthless: music, sport, and entertainment.

Our people who have the intellectual capacity to do great things for the nation are withering on the vine because we don’t recognize them and develop their abilities. Its faster and cheaper to get a Chinaman to do it.
Our quest for short term competitiveness is ruining our long-term competitiveness.

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