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@NewYorker The core problem has always been the degree system and its use in hiring, which puts higher ed in a gatekeeping position for careers. Costs are bound to get out of control when that happens. @jaycaspiankang @jackhough @BryanAlexander

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@TheAtlantic @rosehorowitch This article is unbelievable, like it was written by the Lumina Foundation or other pro-higher ed PR flack. So there are benefits to attending college, so what? Degrees are way too expensive and time-consuming.

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@LindaFlanagan2 @drridpath @FreeRangeKids Our entire sports system makes zero sense, from its structure to its financing. The chief offense is tying certain sports (a small number of mostly team and ball sports) right to academic institutions. It corrupts schools and hampers lifelong participation.

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@LindaFlanagan2 @drridpath @FreeRangeKids It would depend on how many different sports and how many hours a week they would play the sports. You can't scatter your time and develop genuine mastery. In addition, many parents don't have the money to support different sports for their kids.

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@drridpath We need a system where someone could play sports for USC Trojans, but not have anything to do with USC academically unless there is a need. They could go to community college, UCLA, Pepperdine, pursue a trade, go right into the white-collar job world, etc.

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@drridpath We can keep a loose affiliation between the sports and university, but the sports should be spun off as a separately funded entity. No reason for athletes to be employees of the university.

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@AndrewBrandt It never made any sense to tie sports right to schools at any level. I know people like it, but it has always caused a lot of problems. I really wish people understood the history behind this. @nkalamb @drridpath @HistoryRunner @michaeltillery @JayBilas @marcisenberg @Ed_OBannon

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@walterkirn Degrees (origins in the Middle Ages, added to it the Carnegie Unit in the 19th century) are the original sin of higher ed. The degree mandate in hiring by employers has created a pay-to-play system to obtain jobs. Colleges (especially elites) have no incentive to rein in prices.

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@HigherEdSoc @BryanAlexander Josh, Bryan kindly asked my question at the 52:35 mark (see Youtube) yesterday. He said at the beginning it was about accreditation but it was actually about job credentialing, abolishing degrees and having skills-based hiring with third-party credentialing. Your view on that?

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@nytdavidbrooks It's a conflict of interest for colleges to be the ones to issue job credentials, and it's also a flawed way to assess skills. Credentials should be handled by third parties, so it doesn't matter where one attended school. @Laurenaudrie @DSMarkovits @AdamMGrant @BryanAlexander

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@nytdavidbrooks Some good thoughts, but the solutions are too vague. As long as colleges issue the job credential that matters in hiring and elite degrees are preferred by employers, then all these problems will continue. @Laurenaudrie @DSMarkovits @AdamMGrant @DavarianBaldwin @BryanAlexander

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@MohitKasibhatla @emanabdelhadi U of Chicago has a $10 billion endowment. Donating money to a college like that is not much different than donating to Apple, Amazon or Google. @DavarianBaldwin

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@nkalamb It never made any sense to tie sports right to academic institutions, and force athletes to be students within a bundled-learning model. Until we realize that, college sports reform is impossible. @drridpath @MarcEdelman @marcisenberg @michaeltillery @HistoryRunner @TomFarrey

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@nkalamb @bachyns We don't need to abolish tackle football entirely, but address the use of the head in tackling and the heat-related issues.
@Sapp91 @michaeltillery @marcisenberg @drridpath

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@Carl_Lewis Really unfortunate that the NBC announcer Diffey botched the call, the same way the BBC's Coleman botched it on your win in Tokyo '91. He should have known that like you, Lyles closes fast, and should have had his eye on him. Didn't mention his name the entire race.

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@Daniel_Rapaport He had to know that Lyles, who is known for his late surges, would be coming up fast. So he should have had his eyes on the entire field of sprinters. Instead he was just focused on the center of the track with Thompson and Kerley.

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@marcisenberg @Dukeblogger Now imagine if he perfects his start. Sky's the limit!