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December 12, 2019

Title: No – A College Degree is NOT a Necessity
Topic: Success Without College

Discussed by Erin Davis Valdez
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

According to a recent report  from the New York Federal Reserve Bank and related by Jack Kelly in Forbes, college graduates with a B.A. are more likely to be underemployed than the population as a whole. So, while the promise of higher education will pay off financially for many who pursue it, it’s not monolithically true.

“Rather than tackling college with its required courses, many young people might be better off by finding an employer in the manufacturing or construction business who is willing to teach the basics on the job,” says TPPF’s Erin Valdez. “In addition to the usual job search websites, local unions, and Apprenticeship.gov are sources of information about where to find entry-level jobs that offer earn-while-you learn experience.”

Erin Davis Valdez is a Policy Analyst at the Center for Innovation in Education and Right on Work at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Erin Valdez has been passionate about the transformational power of education all her life, having been given the gift of being homeschooled. She taught for over a decade in Austin-area schools and served as an assistant principal at a charter school in Lewisville. These experiences have given her the opportunity to see first-hand how students can thrive when they have excellent options.
 

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