anticollege
Opposing higher education
Anticollege describes opposition to college education or the college system.
It may characterize those who question the value of higher education, reject academic culture, or advocate alternative paths: The anticollege movement argues that trade schools offer better returns.
The term can also describe attitudes hostile to intellectual or campus culture generally.
Opposed to educated thought
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- credentialismOvervaluing formal qualifications
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
groupthink · ivory tower · student debt · overpriced · scam · brainwashing · liberal bias · propaganda
Mutual swaps or crafts
- vocationalRelated to skilled work
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- bootcampInitial military training program
- certificationAttestation of qualification
self-education · entrepreneurship · gap year · workforce · blue collar · skilled labor · coding bootcamp · online learning
Payment for instruction
- debt burdenTotal owed obligations weighing down
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
- ROIProfit-to-cost ratio
- cost-benefitComparing expenditure to return
bubble · default · predatory lending · unemployment · underemployment · barista · overeducated · credential inflation
anti-intellectual
Opposed to educated thought
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- credentialismOvervaluing formal qualifications
- elitismPreference for privileged rule
indoctrination · groupthink · ivory tower · student debt · overpriced · scam · brainwashing · liberal bias · propaganda · dropout
trades
Mutual swaps or crafts
- vocationalRelated to skilled work
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- bootcampInitial military training program
certification · self-education · entrepreneurship · gap year · workforce · blue collar · skilled labor · coding bootcamp · online learning · MOOC
tuition
Payment for instruction
- debt burdenTotal owed obligations weighing down
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
- ROIProfit-to-cost ratio
cost-benefit · bubble · default · predatory lending · unemployment · underemployment · barista · overeducated · credential inflation · diminishing returns
college, colleges, collegiate, collegial, collegiality, precollege, intercollegiate, collegially, collegium