You don't need a college degree to be successful. Vocational education can pay off better for many who have lost jobs or are seeking entry-level positions in trades.
Even lower-level electricians today make on average $48,000 a year. Plumbers make at least $47,000. That's much more than the average American earns. And those jobs may be more plentiful.
But some people look down on vocational school. A degree from a four-year college is considered first class. A vocational-school degree is not. We must overcome that prejudice.
College administrators and politicians ought to drop promotional hype. Higher college enrollment and government loan programs and subsidies may be good for college marketers, but they don’t produce the training needed to fill real, paying jobs in industry. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)
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