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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by gozur88 on Sunday June 04, 2017 @11:07PM (#14485026)
>The only way you're going to change demand is if decent jobs start being created that don't require a bachelor's degree. And I don't see that happening...

I do. At the lower end, if employers can't afford to pay people enough to make their loan payments, they'll start hiring people without debt.

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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by lmm on Monday June 05, 2017 @06:35AM (#14486560)
But there are already more applicants than jobs. Labour is a buyer's market at the moment.
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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by gozur88 on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:25PM (#14491531)
Right, but people with loan payments can't take jobs that won't allow them to make the payments. If they can't take those jobs, the jobs will go to people without degrees.
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Re:On average, skipping college and investing tuition costs ... by ethbro on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:55AM (#14497209)
Well, a bit more than 10% are, based on the student loan delinquency rate.

The worry I have is that if the automation worries are born out, then you're going to have an inflexible debt loan (student loans) meeting a market that offers fewer jobs (due to automation).

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