Skipping College: Shortcut or Blunder?
skynesher via iStock Photo By Isabella Yalif In 2011, the sentiment surrounding secondary education was largely positive. 86% of college graduates believed college was a good investment. Now, only 42% of those with college degrees regard their decision as worth it. The impacts of this ideological shift have been significant and swift: as early as 2021, 2.5 million fewer undergraduates enrolled in a college or university than in 2020. Community colleges felt the most significant effects, experiencing a 13% enrollment drop since the beginning of the pandemic: an unfathomably large reduction in such a short period. When deciding whether to…