[Hoot Gibson]

Personally, not a big fan of degrees. I have two college degrees, and yes, I do have a job and a good one at that - but in the field of work I am in, and most other business fields, you learn about 2% of what you really need to know in college.

I agree. For most careers, college degrees are nothing but scams. A really good high school education - which very few students receive - and some very focused training in the field of one's choice would prepare most people for a career far better than our current system. There are exceptions, such as the medical field and engineering but most people would do fine without most of the required courses that are typical with today's four-year degrees. I have an engineering degree, but probably 95 percent+ of what I did as a mining engineer did not require any of the knowledge that I gained in college - and most of the remaining 5 percent could have been addressed with a beefed up high school math curriculum.

Another thing that disgusts me about today's college degree mills is that it costs as much or more to earn a degree online as it does to attend a bricks and mortar school. The cost of delivering content via the web should be much less than the cost of a traditional college education. I attribute the fact that it is not cheaper to government regulations and the greed of government employed college administrators and teachers. Their salaries are kept artificially high considering their light work load and often negligible useful knowledge that is imparted to their students.