[red_blobs]

What ever happened to personal responsibility? It's something that needs to be instilled in our youth before they ever get to college.

I know at least 3 people that knowingly got PHDs in majors that will not amount to any sort of high-paying job. They chose to do this and it's not really the job of the university to determine the market value of their degrees.

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Those arguments could all be used against the tobbaco company lawsuits too; I am asking what makes them different.

[AstralStorm]

The long term costs are visible in plain to everyone (unless there are lies about prospects) and PhD are not addictive.

[sjg007]

They probably aren't that different.. For profit schools are going thru the ringer now precisely because they don't deliver an education. Could a PhD program or law school face the same scrutiny? Possibly. It will be interesting to see how the legal arguments against the for profits unfolds.