gunnut,
problem is, when people with college degrees make 15K more a year to START WITH...and half the unemployment rate of mere HS graduates...that's a pretty good incentive to go to college, suitable or not.
all those blue-collar jobs you're talking about, one of the reasons why they've become less and less viable over the years is precisely because their incomes have stagnated and even declined.
the classical economic argument would be then, "well let them move to places where demand is higher, and wages are higher", but people are not purely economic units.
College is not for everyone. Some people don't want to sit in the office all day. Some people are much better working with their hands and tools. Why shove everyone into colleges?
Instead of saying "college for everyone," we should say "college is only one way to make a great living."
I have a college degree. My job has nothing to do with my degree. I could have done my job without ever having to go to college. Everything I needed to do my job, I learned on the job or on my own.
Instead of saying "college for everyone," we should say "college is only one way to make a great living."
I have a college degree. My job has nothing to do with my degree. I could have done my job without ever having to go to college. Everything I needed to do my job, I learned on the job or on my own.
all those blue-collar jobs you're talking about, one of the reasons why they've become less and less viable over the years is precisely because their incomes have stagnated and even declined.
the classical economic argument would be then, "well let them move to places where demand is higher, and wages are higher", but people are not purely economic units.
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