Comments on: Hawaiʻi’s educational leaders launch 55 by 25 campaign

By: 55 by ’25 | Hawaii Graduation Initiative

55 by ’25 | Hawaii Graduation Initiative — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:15:48 +0000

[…] Early Learning, the Hawai‘i State Department of Education and the University of Hawai‘i System. Hawaiʻi’s Educational Leaders Launch 55 by ’25 Campaign Hawai#699;i P-20 Featured Campaign 55 by ’25 web […]

By: Daniel Mittelbuscher

Daniel Mittelbuscher — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:12:41 +0000

Last year I took tour of ��Vlog�ٷ� Hilo. I had a lot of questions. The instructor who gave me the tour said upon completion of my tour “Why don’t you just rent out you home and return to the mainland” I got the impression she really didn’t want to teach. I’m currently taking classes at the community college. There a fraction of the price and they have better people skills. I already have a degree in General Education and I’m retired. I don’t think I’m asking for anything special. So 55 by 25 good luck. I don’t think you’ll reach it while this instructors working for the ��Vlog�ٷ� system.

By: Jay Gibson

Jay Gibson — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:13:49 +0000

This seems like a noble goal, but the effort seems misguided. In order for these degrees to have any value we must have good jobs who are looking to hire these people. Even with Hawaii’s relatively low unemployment rate (versus the rest of the nation), there are still fewer good jobs than there are applicants. Having so many people go to college may be good for the ��Vlog�ٷ� system, but will likely lead to a large proportion of people who are only able to make $30k/year and who will be saddled with student loan debt which may take them a decade to pay off.