The same is true in America. It is just that there was that wildly successful marketing campaign a few decades ago that went something along the lines of "Go to

The same is true in America. It is just that there was that wildly successful marketing campaign a few decades ago that went something along the lines of "Go to university or you will be forever left to flip burgers", so most people won't even stop to consider vocational training from traditional vocational schools, and instead are always pushing for universities to become the vocational schools instead.