By the end of this century, every young person will need a four year college degree.
We can make this assertion easily because we know that 100 years ago only 10% of people had a high school degree, and it became the standard education credential for the last century.
From 1992 to 2012 President Clinton and then Obama promoted the two year college degree. It's been quiet for two years now, and by 2016 the four year college degree will be acclaimed by business and society as necessary for half - - 50% - - of our youth. But by 2092 the percentage of people with a four year degree will be at the level of a high school degree is today.
We don't just read about 100 years ago, we actually live it. Julie at the opening of the Ironwood, MI, theater on June 28, 1928, with the program the same as it was on that date.
You might want to update your reading to the 1930s as well as the 1910s; a "jobless" recovery for Wall Street and college people not being able to use their knowledge and talents were hallmarks of that era as well.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/29/2371611/young-workers-full-time-jobs/
Posted by: D. P. Lubic | July 30, 2013 at 06:20 AM