They might ought to break this down into which degrees the folks working these jobs have. Some degrees are marketable, some are not.
Exactly, like my friend’s son who is the proud owner of a master’s in Czech languages and studies. Big demand for that in the middle of Texas ; )
Oh, your comment was so polite, “some degrees are marketable, some are not”. The humanities degrees aren’t worth the paper they are printed on, unless you continue on to PhD and try for a college/university position . . . and there are already thousands and thousands queued up for part time teaching jobs.
In the coming years, the only degree worth getting is one in a field which absolutely demands your physical presence at the job site. Everything else—everything else—can be done from India or elsewhere at a rate you simply can’t compete with (well, at least if you insist on eating). Frankly, I think the traditional university model is dead until the US standard of living drops to the new global mean. It really has become a race to the bottom in America. Kids out of high school who want to get ahead should either be looking for a trade or thinking about emigrating.