the main reason for this, is the fact that they have been pushing college on everyone for years.

The simple fact is that a large percentage of those college students should not be there. If you have been to college in the past 20 years you know exactly what I am talking about. There are people there that barely made above c's in high school and will take 5+ years to graduate, all while guidance counselors push them along and push the debt along with them.

Some of the dumbest people I have met were in college with me. I graduated under 4 years while most took atleast 5 years, and my cost was significantly lower because of it. We need less people in college, more will only water down the system and as its quite obvious, there is not enough jobs to support it anyways.

Our high schools should change to career oriented programs, not just general diplomas. Highschools should be focused on certain industries and should be getting the local communities involved. Highschools should have internships with local businesses so that kids can figure out what they want to do earlier... (saving money) in the long term.