Were they forced to go to college?
Well, in my case, yes. The industry that I had been in since 1985 suddenly requires a four year degree. When the company that I worked for went teats up in 2009, no one in my industry would even entertain an application from someone without a college degree.
So I did what our illustrious OVomit said for us to do and I got my degree. And I went from making $105,000 a year base to $13.00 an hour. That finally changed, four months after President Trump took over. Now Im back making serious money...and 29k in student loan debt.