I think college isn&#x27;t right for everyone. I also think that individuals don&#x27;t realize a lot of potential benefits from it. It would be economically beneficial on an individual level for many more people to learn math up to Calc II in undergrad, and I suspect that would represent a public good.<p>But most affordable state U&#x27;s operate their low level math classes as weeders, not opportunities to educate students. So I don&#x27;t think I would want to aggressively make policy to reduce college attendance without experimenting in improving their outcomes.<p>(And I agree with your last point.)