The risk of pushing "education" is that it's either duplicitous -- a well-rounded liberal arts education is a good thing, but doesn't guarantee the mythical "jo

The risk of pushing "education" is that it's either duplicitous -- a well-rounded liberal arts education is a good thing, but doesn't guarantee the mythical "job" -- or just cost-shifting to potential workers: a lot of companies would prefer that a large number of potential workers pay for their own education as welders, machinists, and air conditioner repairmen, increasing their labor pool, driving down their own wages, and taking on the risk (of whether there is a need for their labor) themselves. Education should be for the sake of learning; companies should be willing to train laborers, from machinists to drivers to software engineers.