I am looking forward to the day when the knowledge, skill and experience we possess will mean as much (or more hopefully) than a college degree. College will remain an important option for many, but I see a future ahead where its importance will lessen over time.
The world we now live in moves so fast with domains of knowledge and skill shifting and maturing at such a rapid rate that static credentialing of such knowledge and skill will mean less and less over time. Ongoing, lifelong learning is the only viable option that makes sense and informal learning is an important component of lifelong learning.
Check out this interesting article discussing the potential of informal learning eventually carrying the same weight as college degrees. Let me know your thoughts.
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“College will remain an important option for many, but I see a future ahead where its importance will deprecate over time.” You mean “depreciate over time.”
Yes, correct. I work in an industry that uses the “deprecate” term a lot and even they are probably using it wrong. Thanks. I’m going to adjust the wording.
Actually, your use of the word deprecate is a suitable alternative to depreciate. Who knew (well obviously you did)?