[Alberta's Child]

It looks like the author overlooks an important factor here: if employers didn’t require college degrees even for jobs that require no serious academic background, most colleges would go out of business tomorrow.

[17th Miss Regt]

Aptitude tests were declared discriminatory in the Griggs case. So the employer uses a degree as a substitute and therefore degrees became de rigeur for many jobs. You are certainly correct that if employers could give aptitude tests then a lot of colleges would close up shop or shrink drastically.

[b4me]

Not necessarily a bead thing. A college degree does not help you live life, it only can potentially (now almost by law is needed) allow one to negotiate a trade for money they will receive for hours they put into a job for a company.

I know plenty of folks make good money but live stupid lives with the money they make. a real shame, waste of all that college tuition in the first place, imo.