<p>I don’t know if I can express myself clearly- I think college- or further education is important- but I also feel like we are digging ourselves into a hole
so we have a great number of jobs ( service/sector) that pay little and don’t require college
We also have a great number of jobs that “require” college- but realistically, not to do the work. Do order fillers at amazon really need a college degree?
I think there are also a lot of other jobs that fit that description.
Just as requiring a college degree for a job that really you don’t need one for is expensive, then these jobs may become too expensive for the employer to fill in this country- so they send that dept overseas where they can pay less.
It really isn’t uncommon for folks with 4 year degrees to need to attend vocational/tech school to become employable.
I think we need to make public universities more affordable- acknowledging that fact- its great to want to get everyone a college education- but to watch students take out loans for expensive schools, and then watch them take out loans to get trained as a respiratory tech - is painful</p>
<p>Not everyone is going to be a doctor or a lawyer ( god no) if high school was meaningful*and it is in some places- I have been very impressed with the level of classes in my daughters public school- the jewel of the city if not the state - I also was very impressed with the level of classes at her sisters private prep school- but I admit that the reason that we have national testing, is because there is too much disparity in educational systems across the country and even within districts ( I didn’t say that necessarily the testing system is the way to fix it- but at least it acknowledges disparity- without putting enough money behind the idea of course)</p>
<p>But I don’t see any changes in store to divert from the path requiring a degree for any job that pays a living wage- which is going to be more and more expensive.</p>