Originally Posted by Guest

From most of the above posts I see that the conservatives are winning their battle to keep voters uneducated and incapable of critical thinking. Every conservative outlet manages to link "liberal" with "education". That's why so many conservative voters are unaware of how to evaluate climate science or excellence in media, how to research and evaluate that research, how and when to question their "leaders". Conservative thinkers have been shown to value "authority" more than liberals, so when the "authority" tells them that college is a waste of time, they obediently accept low level blue collar jobs.

Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record

Originally Posted by Guest

You think the trades are low level? I bet many make a lot more than you ever did. When I had a major remodel done on my house 10+ years ago, my contractor paid the electrician $250/hr. Made me re-think the $100,000+ college education my son got, earning a dual major in 4 years and then scrambling for one of those "wonderful" white color jobs. Believe me, he is no where near the $250/hour level and most likely will never see that figure. In the meantime, to this day he tells me what a waste most of his higher education was even though he chose a specific career path. He learned more in the courses that he opted to take at the local community college than he did at the well known university that he attended. Lucky for us he's a pretty smart and motivated young man and has figured out how to make money in more entrepreneurial ways or he would be just another nightmare college statistic like so many young college grads that I see today - steeped in debt and lucky to get a $10/hour job.

I just briefed the article you linked. It does not explain the standards that have changed in the workplace. What was once a job that a high school grad could obtain is now being taken by a college grad. It's not that the job has changed, it's the fact that there are so many more college grads these days looking for jobs that employers can now use a college degree as a standard requirement for employment. I noticed this changeover when my son was going to college many years back. A good example of this is a bank teller - most now require college degrees. In the meantime, what used to be entry level jobs for college grads now advertise the need for 5-10 years experience. It's a no win situation for the majority of college grads - the times have changed since we were at the same place in our lives.