Career and technical education could be expanded at a fraction of the cost of college subsidies. Occupational licensure rules could be relaxed to create opportunities for people without formal education.
可以擴大職業與技術教育,而其花費僅相當于大學補貼的一部分??梢苑艑捖殬I許可證發放規則,給沒有接受正規教育的人創造機會。
It is absurd that people have to get college degrees to be considered for good jobs in hotel management or accounting--or journalism. It is inefficient, both because it wastes a lot of money and because it locks people who would have done good work out of some jobs.
實屬荒謬的一點是,只有獲得大學學位的人,才能有機會得到酒店管理、財會——抑或新聞行業的好工作。這是一種低效之見,因為它既浪費了大量金錢,也將本能干好某些工作的人擋在門外。
The tight connection between college degrees and economic success may be a nearly unquestioned part of our social order. Future generations may look back and shudder at the cruelty of it.
大學學位與經濟成功之間的緊密聯系可能是我們社會秩序中幾乎不受質疑的部分。當后輩人回首時,可能會對它的殘酷性不寒而栗。