eBay Halts Indebted Purdue Grad's Diploma Auction

[bijou]

Purdue University alumnus Nick Enlow listed his 2008 diploma on eBay (EBAY) this week with a starting bid of $36,000 -- an offer that West Lafayette, Ind., Journal & Courier describes as "an oddball attempt to pay off his student loans, and also to strike up a conversation about debt and the worth of a college education." Enlow has said that his philosophy degree has not given him the means to earn enough income to cover his $470 per month obligations to Sallie Mae.

Reportedly, eBay told Enlow that it was pulling the listing because of the sensitivity and nature of the item -- whatever that means.

"A degree in the liberal arts is not an automatic ticket to a job, but then again, no degree is," Irwin Weiser, interim dean of Purdue's College of Liberal Arts, told the Journal & Courier. "However, studying any of the disciplines in the arts, humanities, or social sciences prepares students to be successful because they learn to think creatively, critically and ethically, and to communicate what they think effectively."

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[DumbAss Tanker]

It was his choice of major, he has no-one to blame but himself for the outcome.  Still, an undergrad philosophy degree while utterly useless in itself is actually a fine basis to pursue a grad program that will actually get you employment, such as law, an MSW, or a military career (Though he'd have already been in Purdue's ROTC program if he had any capability and interest in that direction).