Plan B-Skip college

This article is questioning whether college is right for everyone, and whether it’s necessary for many jobs. According to a study, in 2006, eighty percent of the college students that ranked in the bottom quarter in their high schools won’t ever get a bachelors degree, or even a two year associates degree. Richard K. Vedder from Ohio University and Robert I. Lerman from American University, the political scientist Charles Murray, and James E. Rosenbaum, an education professor at Northwestern are calling for a change for the way students are getting through their high school years. Their plan is to steer some students in high school to get career training in extra school programs. They’re telling students that college isn’t really necessary for hundreds of jobs. But they are encouraging students to go to college, and maybe join a program that CVS is helping to fund, by making students assistant pharmacists in local CVS stores. During a 1999 survey, Professor Vedder found out that fifteen percent of mail carriers have a bachelor’s degree. I think what these professors are telling the students is important, because some people go into college, and leave less successful then they were when they started. I like that because the students that are doing badly in school have an idea what they would be doing as a nurse or a neurosurgeon. According to the article, in a 2008 survey of more than 2,000 businesses in Washington State, employers said low-level workers were the most deficient in being able to “solve problems and make decisions,” “resolve conflict and negotiate,” “cooperate with others” and “listen actively.” I hope that this will change over time, because if this continues, the unemployment rate will start to increase drastically.