We slipped some in the jimmy carter days and we’ve never got back to where we were. Part of it is taxes, part of it is irresponsible consumers, part of it is soaring health care, part of it is soaring education costs, part of it is college degree escalation. What I mean by college degree escalation is that too many jobs require too much schooling. I’d say 75 % of the jobs requiring a college degree could be done by someone without a college degree.
Too many people are wasting 4 years(or more) of their lives getting a worthless degree for the privilege of being interviewed for an average or below average job.
How common? 80% of the families? 50%? 20%?
What I mean by college degree escalation is that too many jobs require too much schooling.
True.
I’d say 75 % of the jobs requiring a college degree could be done by someone without a college degree.
A high school diploma used to mean you learned something. Now it means you warmed a seat for 4 years.
Too many people are wasting 4 years(or more) of their lives getting a worthless degree
A bachelors degree today is the only way an employer can be assured they're hiring someone who can read and write. Usually.