gap between Industry requirement and quality of Higher Education?

Question

please help me with your innovative answers.facts are welcomed

Answer 1

Noticed this is a big issue just recently while
helping our daughter apply for college loans
The gap in requirmnet and job placement compared to what they teach you is a huge void
And job prospects coming out of school in debt are worse
She did a complete turn around and went into a field that would help pay for educating her gradually
nursing
She started at a nursing home and is working her way up
debt free of all those college loans
More and more of our friends kids are opting out of college and going into family business etc
One son moved to south american border to clean up after hurricanes
Its a little disenheartening to say the least
But you don't get your moneys worth out of college unless you lok at
physicians work
or law
The whole system is loosing money
hence the high cost of tuition
and lack of students that qualify and can afford
someboby needs to wake up and smell the roses as these kids are our next leaders

Answer 2

Industry has always affected education. Mandatory education in the US was enacted largely to make sure that industry had workers who were literate enough to read directions and write clearly enough to be understood, and do basic math. The gap you speak of exists because of the jump in technology. Students had to play a game of "catch up" because no one predicted the immediate impact technology would have. We had a generation of students who were educated to an obsolete standard. Currently students are mandated to have technology education, and there are standards in reading, writing and math for graduation. Students who do not meet these standards do not pass or their GPAs are barely adequate. Some employers simply are not checking transcripts and verifying graduation. This also holds true for college transcripts. The student's quality of knowledge is documented , it is there for the asking. Employers also are asking for workers who have higher education, such as an associates degree etc. but do not want to pay higher wages. Students in turn feel if they are going to go to college anyway, why train for a job that will pay them less than if they choose a different major? The day of blue collar jobs that do not require extra training or schooling are about extinct. Jobs and education go hand in hand. Most people go to school in order to get a good paying job. Industry has influence on what gets taught and how. If industry paid for quality workers with knowledge, and refused to hire people with substandard education, people would make sure their education met the standards.