Reply #9: I don't think college is for everyone, or that everybody needs to or should go,

[Berry Cool]

but I do believe that everyone who has the ability and desire should be able to go--as in, lack of money should not be a bar to attendance.

I think there should be other alternatives for those who aren't "college material," so that they could learn a skilled trade and make a good living at it. But of course, they won't be able to do that if companies keep outsourcing that kind of work because they don't care about worker skill or employing people in their own country, but are only looking for the cheapest workers globally.

I don't see why making sure college application and attendance information is freely available to all is a terrible thing. Let everyone know how to apply and what's involved in going. Then they can decide for themselves whether it's something they want to do. The ideal is not to tell anyone "You can't go" just because of inability to pay. However, there will always be those who "shouldn't go" because it's just not an ideal use of their time or of the money.