Do Employers Overestimate the Value of a College Degree?
Worker-training programs could bring companies good workers at low costs.
by Lolade Fadulu
Dec 02, 2017
3 minutes
It’s dinnertime, and a teenager is seated with her immediate family. She looks around—everyone has at least a college degree and a stable job. What to look for in a college and what to major in and how to become a doctor are the topics of tonight’s dinner conversation. Elsewhere, another high-schooler is seated with her younger brother chomping down on the meal she struggled to put together for the two of them. Her parents are away, working their second or third jobs. The girl is mulling over how to make money quickly and contribute to
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