Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college

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Americans who came of age during the pandemic are skipping college in big numbers.

As a kid, Hart dreamed of going to Penn State to study musical theater. His family encouraged college, and he went to a private Christian high school where it’s an expectation.

It happened at public as well as private schools. Some counselors and principals were shocked to see graduates flocking to jobs at Amazon warehouses or scratching together income in the gig economy. Across Tennessee, there’s growing concern the slide will only accelerate with the opening of several new manufacturing plants. The biggest is athat will produce electric trucks and batteries. It promises to create 5,000 jobs, and its construction is already drawing young workers.

America’s college-going rate was generally on the upswing until the pandemic reversed decades of progress. Rates fell even as the nation's population of high school graduates grew, and despite economic upheaval, which typically drives more people into higher education.

 

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