Some number of these people only go to university because they are told they need a degree to get a good job. (The fact that they need the right degree to get a

Some number of these people only go to university because they are told they need a degree to get a good job. (The fact that they need the right degree to get a good job is strangely elided.) What we need is more trade schools, without the stigma that they are somehow a lesser choice than a university. Rather than being judged on how many prestigious scholars and elite businessmen graduated, their main criteria is typically job placement after graduation. That's good news; it aligns their interest to properly prepare you to have a professional career after graduation.