[keeganjw]

I'm not super convinced that the economic hardships many Americans experience is mainly because of what major they chose in college. I would think a larger factor is that many people can't afford a degree at all. Most Americans never get one. And a lot of people that do go to college start their adult life with tons of student debt. Shouldn't we focus on those things rather than potentially regulating what major people choose?

[bargl]

I think this is also part of the problem. Why do they need a degree? I have seen many jobs that have a degree to enter barrier which don't need them. All of a sudden you reduce the debt of your workforce while opening up to a whole new group of candidates. I can think of a handful of coworkers who did not need degrees at all. Just a H.S. Education would have been overkill in some cases.

I'd like to go back to a system where we look at what the job actually requires, and set the level there. Then educate people to that level. In this way we aren't allowing colleges to tell us what level we need to educate people to, but instead letting it become a hybrid.

The required education for your basic job should be free. But I also don't want to write a blank check for people to go to college for the college experience. I don't think that's necessary.