> Sure, but these fields are known for being selective Lots of fields that aren't so selective also require a tertiary (= post-highscool) education of some for

> Sure, but these fields are known for being selective Lots of fields that aren't so selective also require a tertiary (= post-highscool) education of some form. Most notably, a huge swath of jobs in health care that involve patient contact. > Notably, if the field doesn't objectively require a very high level of domain-specific knowledge, but rather a general baseline command of a broad topic, eg. software development? It's of course possible to become a competent software developer without a tertiary education. I know, I did it (programming job offers right out of high school). But it's not common, and the secondary education system in the USA isn't set up to enable that sort of thing at scale. IMO it should, but it doesn't, and subidizing tertiary education is far more likely to succeed, and at lower cost, than such a drastic reform to such a huge sprawling institution.