[ninenot]

I've said for a long time now that a substantial portion of today's college students are not really cut out for the rigors of higher education

...and you have been correct.

But that (potentially) makes the problem even worse, for if we were to bounce all the "don't belong here" students from TinkerToy College(s), THEN what jobs would they hold?

The next excuse for hiring CFL (cheap foreign labor) will be that "Americans don't have degrees..."

Furthermore, it is entirely reasonable to postulate that the vast majority of US jobs do NOT require a college degree. Most of them are "do-able" with training and practice, including a great percentage of "white-collar" jobs.

But then, the ex-faculty at TinkerToy State College(s) may have to find real work, too.

[Alberta's Child]

Furthermore, it is entirely reasonable to postulate that the vast majority of US jobs do NOT require a college degree. Most of them are "do-able" with training and practice, including a great percentage of "white-collar" jobs.

Exactly. For the first five years out of engineering school, most of my work didn't require much more than a high school education.

[iconoclast]

for if we were to bounce all the "don't belong here" students from TinkerToy College(s), THEN what jobs would they hold?

I have a friend right here in my home town who attended our local vocational high school (it has since been eliminated, shutdown! Can you believe it?)

He took Auto Transmission Repair, a few years later started his own business, retired (literally) a multi-millionaire!