[napscoordinator]

College is a monopoly that sells useless product for an extremely high price. I honestly believe that a majority of the kids who go would be better off not going.

I blame the businesses for the increase in the need to go to college. Many jobs out there do not need a college degree to perform them but they for some reason insist on a bachelor’s degree to even apply for the job. The businesses are 100 percent of the problem.

[central_va]

Griggs vs. Duke Power.

This is why college is a filter/gateway to employment, blame the SCOTUS.

[OldPossum]

I blame the businesses for the increase in the need to go to college. Many jobs out there do not need a college degree to perform them but they for some reason insist on a bachelor’s degree to even apply for the job.

A major part of the reason comes from the implications of the Griggs v. Duke Power decision of the Supreme Court in 1971. Essentially, the Court held that private companies could not test its employees for advancement in the company, particularly with regard to IQ tests. Subsequently, companies sought a proxy, i.e., the college diploma.

[setha]

Many jobs out there do not need a college degree to perform them but they for some reason insist on a bachelor’s degree to even apply for the job.

Griggs vs Duke Power Co. as well as a lot of inertia come to mind when that is practiced. With that in mind, I'm not sure you can completely blame businesses for reacting in the way that they did.

I'm not saying that the practice is desirable(or optimal), but that the government has some blame in the matter as well.