[rowanG077]

I think you are approaching this from the wrong angle. You are assuming because the cream of the crop could achieve something (I.e. most certainly had college degrees) 70 years ago that we can still form society like that today.

But society is not the same as it was then. I don't think you can argue that the median job today requires the same amount of knowledge or skill then it did 70 years ago. And that is what college is for currently.

Of course you can still argue we don't need that many college graduates but your argument by itself is not convincing.

[tptacek]

One of the highest-growth jobs for liberal arts graduates (which make up the majority of graduates) is human resources. I'll plant a flag in this conversation right now and say that no part of the human resources job requires a 4-year college degree.

[tristor]

Also, most of those jobs are either contingent (contract recruiters) or unnecessary. There’s a significant new “industry” in BS jobs being created to support employment for otherwise unemployable college grads.

Most of the college programs simply don’t teach anything useful in the job market.

[rfrey]

Please name some of these skills.