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Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

true... but part of the problem is also that while higher education here is still excellent, our public high schools have gotten so bad that in resume terms, i.e. what will get you a job, a bachelor's degree means about the same to employers today as a high school diploma meant to my parent's generation. a shitload of people are going to college now to top off a mediocre at best high school education by essentially learning the same basics their parents learned in high school with some extra shit about computers thrown in. consequently, the people who would have gotten a bachelor's degree 30 or 40 years ago are getting master's degrees or phds... especially women. my ex got a bachelor's degree in microbiology and in the job market in atlanta at the time, that landed her a series of jobs answering phones. it wasn't until the tech boom came on and she taught herself some database programming that she found a job equivalent to her level of education... when the economy got worse we both went back to grad school.

I have to agree with this. In America you need a college degree people who say the opposite are still young, and will see later that they need it. A diploma or a GED will only get you so far(Not Very). However, there are the exceptions which is rare.