<p>You never know, it might be the best thing for your son to get out of college - if he’s 23 he’s been at this quite a while and it might be depressing him just to be continually plugging at something that clearly isn’t working out. If he’s at a big uni it might not matter as much since there are generally many non-traditional and older students, but if he’s at a small school it might be really stressful to watch the kids come and go in 4 years. If there weren’t other breaks from life based on academia along the 5 or 6 years, this break might a positive thing. </p>