The employers are free to require whatever they'd like for a job. But the teachers and parents are often uneducated on the topic themselves and parrot the preva

The employers are free to require whatever they'd like for a job. But the teachers and parents are often uneducated on the topic themselves and parrot the prevailing wisdom that a college degree is essential. Neither of my parents have a college degree, but they were insistent that their children got one - any one. It's the prevailing blue collar logic and it's hard to shake it when you're surrounded by it.