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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a bunch of BS. Sure, you don’t need to go to college to be a millionaire, but by any other measure a degree from a good to great college produces the knowledge that has built the entire industrial and digital economy. Mr. Rowe should count his lucky stars that he lives in a society where smart and curious people want to learn and produce real advances in society, not just start the next landscape company or pizza chain. Not that the latter are inferior choices, but they are not the source of technological advancement. [/quote]

Get real.  The average college graduate is going to be a worker bee, doing what they’re told for 40 hours a week, often in a job which bears little to no resemblance to their field of study.  So neither will they be the source of technological advancement. (Not to mention the implication that ALL technological advancement is inherently good… I strongly disagree, but that is an entirely separate conversation.)[/quote]

NP.  And the average non college grad is going to likely work more hours for less pay. [/quote]

Perhaps.  But they presumably will also not whine for a decade+ about being saddled with “crippling” debt that they can’t (or don’t want to) pay.[/quote]

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