I never said we didn't need graduates. I don't, however, believe that fully 1/3rd of all jobs require graduate level education - especially entry level jobs - and I don't expect that it is going to hit those levels any time soon.
Even if we accept your theory that we've all but eliminated unskilled and semi-skilled jobs (which is, respectfully, fanciful), that doesn't mean the workforce needs to be educated to graduate level. On the job training is a far more effective (and a lot cheaper) way of getting workers with the skills that are actually required; your average graduate may be more highly educated but is not, outside of academia, any more "skilled" than your average school leaver.
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Date: 2010-07-19 10:15 am (UTC)Even if we accept your theory that we've all but eliminated unskilled and semi-skilled jobs (which is, respectfully, fanciful), that doesn't mean the workforce needs to be educated to graduate level. On the job training is a far more effective (and a lot cheaper) way of getting workers with the skills that are actually required; your average graduate may be more highly educated but is not, outside of academia, any more "skilled" than your average school leaver.