Posted on 04/02/2024 6:27:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Increasing numbers of Generation Z are opting out of college and turning to vocational schools with hopes of higher wages and avoiding student debt, data shows.
Young people who came of age during the pandemic said they have been deterred from four-year universities by high tuition and the prospect of student debt.
Instead, they are attending trade schools and are being enticed by well-paying job opportunities and satisfying work.
The National Student Clearing House recorded a 16 percent increase in enrollment at two-year schools with a 'high vocational program focus' and a 2.6 percent rise in community college enrollment in 2023, reported Bloomberg.
'It's a really smart route for kids who want to find something and aren't gung ho on going to college,' wielding program graduate Tanner Burgess, 20, told The Wall Street Journal.
'It feels good at the end of the day, I'm physically doing something and there's a sense of completion.'
There was a 23 percent increase in students studying construction trades in 2023 compared to the year before, and a seven percent increase in HVAC and vehicle maintenance and repair programs.
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smart, AI wont be taking those jobs
Bad news for Biden and the Dems. They won’t get to experience the propaganda at the university if they were enrolled as students.
Yup. And no college DEI b.s. about how bad white people and males are.
Nice choice... probably a safe and wise option.
Finally getting smart .
Colleges are outrageously expensive, DEI indoctrination centers.
Young males, in particular, are catching on to the scam.
good idea. college is mostly a racket for big Ed.
There's been a lot of talk about this subject on TikTok.
Now you see why we're trying to ban TikTok?
basically if you are not in a STEM field, college is not worth it.
That makes me feel good. Hopefully apprentice programs will spring up, both schools along with manufacturing and industrial companies will take the lead - and keep government away.
Well said.
If Biden can cancel the loans we’re all schmucks. Get rid of the program. Either that or let me take $100k out of my IRA tax-free. That’s $22k of tax money the feds miss out on. 2 can play this game.
Hm. GenZ may be smarter than I thought.
I don’t know Tik-Tok from Lik-Lok, but the University of Virginia spends $ 20 million a year, on 235 DEI employees.
Colleges are a largely a racket.
“Increasing numbers of Generation Z...”
Sounds like they don’t know that plumbing and welding can lead to DIRTY HANDS. But they’ll find out soon enough.
I know a physician who went to Princeton undergrad and she said outside her science classes it was mostly just fluff.
And Princeton is supposed to be one of our best universities.
There's a huge backlash against woke ideology by GenZ males (even though they are much more diverse than previous generations)
Another reason why the Biden Administration is bringing in replacements by opening the borders.
Excellent news - Mike Rowe will be very happy!
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