I know that increasingly a High School diploma is no longer enough. Will it become obsolete in terms for employment? With College tuition so high, will this revive the jobs with just a high school diploma. In other words will employers start dropping the degree requirement? If we keep this up a College degree won’t mean anything anymore.
Christin K
There are always going to be jobs where a high school diploma is enough. And there will always be jobs where it isn't. High school isn't going to become obsolete.
ibu guru
It totally depends on having skills wanted in the marketplace, and being able to compete against all other qualified applicants for the job. Bachelor's degrees are a glut on most markets, and without specific skills, abilities, etc, a degree alone is often insufficient to get a job.
High school education has been so watered down & downgraded that a high school diploma is nearly worthless - only beats high school dropouts. There are high school grads who cannot even manage tasks which were expected of elementary school students in the 1960s & 1970s! (E.g. make change for purchases, simple arithmetic calculations kids used to know by 4th grade!) College degrees have likewise become downgraded - seriously reduced standards at many institutions.
foxprojoy
Basically, a high school diploma is a plus for people who want to work at labor jobs, truck drivers, even computer folks. Many jobs just require certifications like a CDL for truck drivers, and MCSC for computer folks. There are many on-the-job-training positions with an entry requirement being a HS diploma or GED. Now, if you want to learn about things, show an interest in a particular field (like medicine), college is required because there are liabilities involved for undertrained personnel.
drip
We are already seeing a up swing of two year career programs being offered at community colleges. CC are also offering more and more trade programs. One of the CC by me has a training program to learn how to drive 18-wheel trucks. They have a small fleet of trucks.
This is an option for student who don’t go to university for a Bachelor degree. I think we will be seeing more and more of this
One HS in our district now offers a trade program for student not bound for college. My friend’s son is in a welding course.
Apprenticeship use to be common. Hopefully we will see more opening up in many different fields
Just a high school diploma isn’t going to be enough. Not like it was even 20 years ago. Some education or training after HS is needed.
Expat
No, do not count on that! A high school diploma will never again be enough. The way that the cost problem is solved for people not capable of paying for college is student loans and trade schools. There’s actually better opportunities now for trades than liberal arts degrees. Just don’t ever think being unskilled and undereducated will ever be adequate to gain a truly livable wage.