> About a quarter of the Thiel fellows eventually returned to college to finish their degrees, suggesting that even the dropouts see enduring value in higher ed

> About a quarter of the Thiel fellows eventually returned to college to finish their degrees, suggesting that even the dropouts see enduring value in higher education. > Thiel says they “got way more out of it by going back” after launching their businesses. > “The other 75% didn’t need a college degree,” he says. I definitely don't think everyone needs a college degree and I definitely think it would do a lot of folks good to delay pursuing a higher education for at least a little while for them to figure out what they want to do. So many of my peers went to college without much of an end goal in sight. I certainly think employers should discriminate less when it comes to degrees. I don't agree with Thiel on much but this maybe isn't as bad as it seems. However attacking the institutions and promoting successes where no secondary education was necessary seems disingenuous at best. Everyone should be entitled to higher education. As a society I'm pretty sure it is not in our best interest to lower the bar here. Maybe if you're a politician you want ignorant constituents. I definitely think more folks should consider community college as an alternative and that the stigma surrounding "inferior" forms of higher education is harmful. A CEO straight of highschool that I'd want to work for would be a diamond in the rough to say the least.