New survey data from the nonprofit American Student Assistance shows that teen interest in college is down while interest in nondegree paths is on the rise.
Meanwhile, parents are skeptical of options outside the traditional college pathway to work.
Nearly half of all students surveyed – 45% – weren’t interested in going to college. About 14% said they planned to attend trade or technical schools, apprenticeships and technical boot camp programs, and 38% were considering those options.
66% of teens surveyed said parents supported their plans to pursue a nondegree route, compared with 82% whose parents encouraged them to attend college.
You could, but it would be a house with no indoor plumbing. My grandpa lived in one. Gotta shit in the outhouse.
Houses got much bigger since then and the home ownership rate stayed at around 60% basically forever. If it was so easy, why didn’t everyone do it?