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Jiang argues that universities and schools can behave like rent-seeking institutions because the degree functions as a ticket to social mobility, so students are stuck paying for credential access.
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Degrees
Jiang argues that universities and schools can behave like rent-seeking institutions because the degree functions as a ticket to social mobility, so students are stuck paying for credential access.
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"...purpose, in going to university? Be honest. It's to get the degree, right? Okay? The degree. Okay? And the degree, is your ticket, to..."
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"Okay? So, the degree is basically, rent. Does that make sense? Okay? Now, some of you may say, wait, that's wrong, because, I'm going..."
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"And all this process, is paying rent. Right? So, if you are, if you have, a school, you can charge for rent. Just as,..."
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"...Will what's happened here with Iran, and actually, to a lesser degree, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has also been now, you know,..."
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"...i stayed warm because the temperature plummeted down to like 20 degrees so this thing is sealed zippers taped seams the works right now..."
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"...But I mean, Chinese students now are focused on getting the degree in America. It's just a piece of paper. Chinese students don't care..."
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"They care about the grades. They care about the degree. Once you take that away from Chinese students, Chinese students don't even know what..."
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"...you all want to go united states for college get a degree and hopefully stay there get a good job but as we discussed..."
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"...and have the motivations to maintain a society that a certain degree of social mobility is allowed, but not all of them, but not..."
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"Let's look at a map. This is the equator. 33 degrees north of the equator are four places. Okay? Now, 33 degrees is very..."
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"...secret societies work. And that's why there are so many different degrees to secret societies, and that's why at the very top, no one..."
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"...than when he adhered to him who exists in a supreme degree. And so to abandon God and to exist in oneself, that is..."
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