Parents Pushing College Caused US Labor Drought [1]
NPR digs deeper into a trend outlined in a new report in which the Washington state auditor found that good jobs in the skilled trades are left unfilled because students are being almost universally steered to bachelor's degrees.
The article cites a U.S. Department of Education stat: There will be 68 percent more job openings in infrastructure-related fields in the next five years than there are people training to fill them.
Sound familiar?