> The second problem is people are paying way too much for a nearly useless degrees that some colleges offer I agree with this but for many people I think they

> The second problem is people are paying way too much for a nearly useless degrees that some colleges offer I agree with this but for many people I think they hit a wall whereby a degree is a minimum requirement for entry to a position even if everyone "knows" that it's not required. In the UK this was made worse with a massive push for 50% of children to go to university [1] as a political target. Whilst that might've been a noble idea in principle, it further undermined apprenticeships and trade skills and led to the general public thinking if you don't go to university then there's something wrong with you. [2] I did my first degree at Imperial "full time" and my second with the Open University 10 years later whilst earning - if I could do it all again I'd have gone straight into work and studied "part time" (I hate that phrase, it's really more like having 2 full time jobs IMO). The second time round I was also "paying as you go" for my courses which made me extremely mindful as to just what exactly it was costing me (FWIW it cost me about 20% of what my first one did and I was earning the entire time). > Somewhere there should be a list of "Degrees you should not get if you're going to pay more than $x for" to help bright-eyed high school kids make good decisions. Unfortunately I think even if such a list existed the people that need to actually read and think about it wouldn't be aware or interested in it. Of the 18 - 21 year olds I've talked to recently, aside from the aspiring medics and hopeful academics, a bunch of them view university as a time to work out what they want to do. That was ok 30 years ago but I think they're in for an extremely expensive lesson. Then again hope for many millennials about the long term future is at an all time low so why even think about it. [3] [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1789500.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1789500.stm [2] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/nov/02/parents-apprenticeships-university-places-twigg https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/nov/02/parents-app... [3] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/wages-have-fallen-43-for-millennials-no-wonder-they-ve-lost-hope/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/wages-have-fallen-43-...