I know in the UK there was a big problem with degree programs. The UK government has 'encouraged' so many students to go to universities to get degrees that it has destroyed many industries. I worked on several jobs with a plumber who earned 6-figures and the guy hadn't touched a used toilet in years, why? Because the shortage of trades is so prevalent that he could opt not to unclog toilets and sinks because he had enough work fitting boilers and maintaining heating and gas systems that the usual "bread and butter" of a plumbers job didn't even touch the side plate of his finances.<p>What happens to the university grads? Well my local supermarket had a nice selection of degree qualified workers. The guy who worked the Deli counter had a degree in forensics, one of the stock boys I knew personally and he had a degree in economics.<p>I don't know the situation in the US, but job selection for degree students in the UK can be seriously hyper-competitive in many areas. If you lose your job, for whatever reason, there can be literally no other job on the market because there's already a dozen workers with lower pay expectations.<p>This, sadly, leaves jobs in the trades wide open and the governments have to bring in immigrants, often training them up in the process to do the job. The government, at least in the UK, needs to organize its departments. Education isn't serving the industries, which increases immigration and increases unemployment of those born with citizenship.