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CMV: in the US at least, we have pushed the importance and value of a college degree too far

Don’t get me wrong, education is fantastic and something everyone needs. However the vastly dominant narrative I’ve heard at least is that the only viable and successful path after high school is to go to college and this is very short sighted and biased and neglects a large population of happy and successful people who have only high school or less education. 

A bachelor’s degree used to hold more meaning than it does now. While the requirement for masters or higher is indicative of growth in our collective knowledge base, technology, etc, there are also lots of people getting degrees that are frankly not worth the exorbitant tuitions at many colleges (which is it’s own whole issue). This results in parents paying for essentially a resort experience for their kids at certain schools, and thankless kids getting degrees that they will not find a job in the sector of. Meanwhile services and trades are sorely lacking people who want to work in these fields (which often pay better than many entry level jobs for educated and over educated graduates) 

Trades, basic services, and the myriad other jobs out there not requiring a bachelor degree that make the world run are incredibly important and should be considered just as honorable as going to college and this is a disconnect between parenthood, k-12 schooling, and colleges and how they talk to students about their futures.
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The fact that tuition is expensive is a separate problem from whether a degree is good or not. In a democracy a more educated populace is good thing because they can make more intelligent decisions about the future of our society. The fact that a guy with a bachelors works at a coffee shop isn't a problem - it's great! The problem is that the bachelors cost too much and the coffee shop doesn't pay enough. But that is separate from "college bad"