I have said for at least 50 years, that not everyone should go to college. Why can’t these politicians not see it?
“The first in his family to go to college” Bill Clinton. That’s all it takes. The programs will continue. How about a $200k ‘offer’ to 1000 Valedictorians to NOT GO to college? There’s an organization that does just that.
A. “College” is big business - very big business.
B. Those that cannot do, Teach
I’m of the opinion that if you are studying the sciences, medicine or engineering...college is necessary. Beyond that? About half the people ought to just quit...settle for a year or two of community college or find some apprentice deal with the plumbers or roofers.
About six years ago, I had to stop late one night in an airport to pick up a car...just me and the chief of the rental shop. She was early 20’s and we had a conversation. She was a recent college grad. I asked why she settled in with the car rental agency and she said it plainly....there just weren’t jobs in the region for her background. I didn’t say this to her....but a decade prior...this chief of a car rental shop would have been a fifty-year-old guy with a high school degree. We’ve basically come to the point where your education is worthless enough....that you can work in a regular high-school diploma job.