College is not where you find a career. College is where you have fun and drink beer

[glatt]

There was an article a couple weeks ago in the Washington Post (actually, it was probably an opinion piece) that said that yes, college is losing its luster, but it's still the best way to get a high paying job. The piece acknowledged that a lot of college graduates are having a hard time, but that more non-college graduates are having an even harder time. Graduating with a college degree today sucks, but not having one sucks even more.

This is a topic that is very important to me and I want to be as knowledgeable as possible about it. I need to figure out how much I should try to influence my kids' decisions about what they study and if they go to college.