[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Even with a BA, kids can get jobs that they would never get without a degree

That's because a high school diploma no longer ensures that someone can read, write and do math at a certain level. So employers want college degrees even though the job doesn't really require it. Fault the public education system for that.

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That's because a high school diploma no longer ensures that someone can read, write and do math at a certain level. So employers want college degrees even though the job doesn't really require it. Fault the public education system for that.

You are absolutely correct, and it's one point on which my Ohio buddy and I part company.

The Bachelor Degree has devolved into a "get your card punched" ritualistic dance.

It simply reduces the number of applications that lazy personnel people have to burrow through (in our consistently low unemployment economy ... /sarc).

[iconoclast]

That's because a high school diploma no longer ensures that someone can read, write and do math at a certain level. So employers want college degrees even though the job doesn't really require it. Fault the public education system for that.

Only partially true.

The potential employer can test for shortcomings in reading or math the same as the colleges. They simply dump their responsibility off on higher education (which, of course, they are delighted take on) at a TERRIBLE economic cost to society!