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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 3866290, member: 237"]
Good stuff. I am in and of the view of far more two year type of programs with professional certifications as being the norm for education. While I get the benefits of things like electives and the social benefits of the college experience, the 4 year aspect paired with some the requirements that act as barriers to getting into a higher educational institution have common ground in terms of being problematic to expanding education to a wider population.

When you put it into the context of sports- a two year window vs four makes more sense as much as for the academic side. Kids that go to technical schools , focus on associates degrees vs bachelor's and the general heirarchy of education to me could move in the direction of providing the opportunity to be a professional sooner, especially as automation continues to whittle away at service industry and manufacturing jobs.

A lot of this comes from interaction with inner city financial literacy/rental and housing counseling programs and then growing up in the country. The 4 year time frame is a barrier for a lot of families who can't hit the pause button and getting an education and doing your part to share household expenses with a part time low paying job don't cut it. For some in the country 4 years set aside is 4 years lost when the luxuries of college life are not a priority/necessity.

Of course again back to athletics- if you allowed four years of eligibility for someone in graduate programs or needing an extra year for undergrad so be it.
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