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Is college really necessary for obtaining a decent job?

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Published June 1, 2018 5:40pm ET
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Is college really necessary for obtaining a decent job?
Interior overview of the Hunter College Spring 2014 Commencement at Radio City Music Hall on May 27, 2014 in New York City. Despite making up only 32 percent of the workforce, college-educated workers produce more than 50 percent of the nation's economic output, according to a new study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. | (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

It is almost expected that today’s high school graduate will go on to college to obtain a bachelor’s degree. However, it wasn’t always like this. Our great-grandparents, grandparents, and even some parents did not attend a university, and yet they did not have trouble finding a job.

Why the sudden push for today’s high school graduates to go to college?

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