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Story on local news, lacrosse is more than a game and touches many people and families. When schools cut programs it has a cascading affect on many.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/discontin ... n/33836645

Middle son is flying and creating AI for drones for Amazon. He looked into Amazon paying for his MBA as several firms do. What he found is Amazon will pay for and train you only in specific areas that directly lead to certification on Amazon systems. When he was hired they completely did not care about his college degree (BS Aviation Science) but concentrated on his aviation skills (FAA commercial multi-engine cert) and 4000+ hours medium/small drone pilot (plus FAA 107).

Now I see this article. https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardved ... 21d98d396a

The long term threat to lax may not be COVD19, lack of revenue, remote learning or school debt. It may be the viability of colleges and universities as we know them now which offer sports in any form.

Dip&Dunk wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:35 am Middle son is flying and creating AI for drones for Amazon. He looked into Amazon paying for his MBA as several firms do. What he found is Amazon will pay for and train you only in specific areas that directly lead to certification on Amazon systems. When he was hired they completely did not care about his college degree (BS Aviation Science) but concentrated on his aviation skills (FAA commercial multi-engine cert) and 4000+ hours medium/small drone pilot (plus FAA 107).

Now I see this article. https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardved ... 21d98d396a

The long term threat to lax may not be COVD19, lack of revenue, remote learning or school debt. It may be the viability of colleges and universities as we know them now which offer sports in any form.

Why go to school when companies can certify you on their own systems and processes, right? Except that those company-specific skills on their systems may or may not translate to successful careers outside of those companies. Critical thinking skills (the ability to think across a business) are the most in-demand skills on the job market. It's why companies will train you on their specific systems once they identify an employee's critical thinking skills. Companies want to improve their bottom lines (max value to shareholders), and that is their focus. They're not in it to revolutionize higher ed. They'd love to divest whatever costs they're adding to teach their own workforce, but, right now, they're not finding what they need in higher ed for certain jobs. IMO, the good old, classic liberal arts degree...one that prepares really good critical thinking skills...is where we'll end up back to over the next couple of decades. Old wine, new bottles.