Student debt is so crippling because the federal government made it way too easy to get student loans, and colleges jacked up tuition in response. Gender studies majors abounded instead of the market demanding value for money. Then student loan debt was made impossible to discharge in bankruptcy. You want to fix this? Make it possible to discharge that debt and put colleges on the hook for a portion. Colleges will trip over themselves making sure a degree is worth the money.
On top of that, maybe we should stop telling everyone college is for them. It's not for everyone and that's okay. There are other routes to a job that pays well.
There really should be some kind of tracking site where every state shows how many people of such and such professions are necessary, and how many people with relevant degrees graduate yearly. This way folks will be able to assess how valuable the degree they want to study will be, and how much competition they will have trying to find a job.
That would be nice, but it's hard to track. A lot of the trade jobs that are open are for small businesses.
Even so, there are certain jobs where we know there's a glut, like lawyers. Law school is a bad idea for anyone right now unless they're well connected.
Maybe it'll be easier to implement something like folks with degrees noting how long took them to find a job in their profession. This way there's both an estimate of how valuable a degree is, and no real government involvement in the matter.
Student debt is so crippling because the federal government made it way too easy to get student loans, and colleges jacked up tuition in response. Gender studies majors abounded instead of the market demanding value for money. Then student loan debt was made impossible to discharge in bankruptcy. You want to fix this? Make it possible to discharge that debt and put colleges on the hook for a portion. Colleges will trip over themselves making sure a degree is worth the money.
On top of that, maybe we should stop telling everyone college is for them. It's not for everyone and that's okay. There are other routes to a job that pays well.
There really should be some kind of tracking site where every state shows how many people of such and such professions are necessary, and how many people with relevant degrees graduate yearly. This way folks will be able to assess how valuable the degree they want to study will be, and how much competition they will have trying to find a job.
That would be nice, but it's hard to track. A lot of the trade jobs that are open are for small businesses.
Even so, there are certain jobs where we know there's a glut, like lawyers. Law school is a bad idea for anyone right now unless they're well connected.
Maybe it'll be easier to implement something like folks with degrees noting how long took them to find a job in their profession. This way there's both an estimate of how valuable a degree is, and no real government involvement in the matter.