Technology is turning college into a dead end for many people


The unfortunate reality, however, is that the college dream is likely at some point to collide with the trends toward offshoring and automation, The Huffington Post reports. The fact is that college graduates very often become knowledge workers. These jobs — and in particular more routine or entry level jobs — are at very high risk from automation. The danger is that as these trends accelerate, a college degree will be seen increasingly not as a ticket to a prosperous future, but as a ticket to a job that will very likely vaporize. At some point in the future, the high cost of a college education, together with diminishing prospects for college graduates, is likely to begin having a negative impact on college enrollment.

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