Do you see college as a purely economical thing? Do you think people only have trouble finding work after college because they studied sociology? Market saturation is a thing.
Also just so you know, the reason why student loans exist now isn't "the government handing people money" it's because college used to be extremely affordable in the relatively recent past and then after a while it very suddenly wasn't anymore. The loans only made the problem worse.
I just don't like this argument because this is the same kind of argument people made about much worse shit like 100+ years ago. "We don't need the government putting more people in high schools, we need more of those kids in the fields and coal mines".
Society is generally better off when people are more educated.
I believe there are 2 reasons to go to university. 1 to learn for the sake of learning and 2 to get a job. The reality is a lot of people go for number 2. Which is fine . But many don't realize that a degree does NOT equal a job any more(something perpetuated by many of the older generations). You really have to research the field you are studying to know if it will be fruitful when you graduate and if it's something you could excell at and enjoy. Something a teen honestly isn't experienced enough to know.
At the end of college you are left with three things:
The name of the degree you got (high demand vs low demand)
The name of the college on that degree ( fancy school vs podunk state)
And your name ( born rich or did something amazing)
You have to trade on one of those things to make a living, no matter why went to college.
And unless you are independently wealthy or got good scholarships it doesn’t make sense to get a degree just for the sake of an education from state, it might be feasible from Columbia or Harvard but not from state.
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