Robert is absolutely right in saying that, despite the statistics showing that, on average, college grads earn substantially more than non-grads, “there’s really no way to determine how valuable a college degree is.”

The fact is the matter is that some bright and energetic young people do extremely well in life without ever earning a degree, while on the other hand, many others who get their college degrees wind up doing jobs that call for no academic preparation whatsoever. Formal academic coursework is of little benefit to students who are not intellectually inclined, and as our K-12 system deteriorates and graduates increasing numbers of disengaged students, college will do less and less good.