College dropouts celebrate at unconventional 'graduation' ceremony in San Francisco

College dropouts celebrate at unconventional 'graduation' ceremony in San Francisco

San Francisco's "dropout graduation" highlights the growing trend of questioning value of college, as tech success stories inspire alternative education choices.

The publication of the BCG/Apprentices study on the cost of dropping out of school calls for a reversal of the perspective. Is it necessary at any cost to hang up on young people in school or on the contrary to respond more broadly to their aspirations? The school year is coming to an end, the bulletins close and the class councils make teachers, parents and pupils buzz. But for some, it is a cutelet that falls off: absences, insufficient result…

A report published on Monday 19 May by the Apprentis d'Auteuil Foundation highlights the decline in the number of young people who drop out of the school system in France. The Cross visited one of their structures that cared for young dropouts.

Why you should ditch the degree to succeed in IT

Ignore the science!   This week we shared the opinion of an anonymous poster that computer science degrees should be ignored. The writer argued not that pursuing a computer science degree is a misguided effort; rather that it may not be necessary for the problems most companies need to solve.  It was a smash hit with the readers of CIO.com, causing much debate, some strong feelings, and posing difficult questions. And that is where Smart Answers…

College dropouts celebrate at unconventional 'graduation' ceremony in San Francisco – Democratic Accent

“F— school,” said dropout and tech entrepreneur Haz Hubble at a graduation ceremony for college dropouts, a sentiment that captured the mood of the event.  “If you’re smart and high-agency, you don’t need to go to school,” he said. Though a “dropout graduation” might sound like satire, a crowd of quitters packed into San Francisco’s Marina Theater seized the opportunity to mark a declaration of freedom – from tradition, academia and expectations…