Regents: Fall 2019 enrollment down at South Dakota public universities

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3. High tuition is certainly a large factor.

What has been making me crazy for decades is how students will borrow to the max to pay for college without giving any real thought to whether or not the degree they get leads to a job.

It's just fine to major in 17th Century French poetry, if that's what rocks your boat. But you need to think hard and long about a lifetime of waiting tables with that degree.

High school seniors all ought to take a course of some kind about their future. They need to take one of those interest inventory tests which suggest potential career options. And those tests need to be expanded to cover trades like plumbing and welding and auto mechanics and the like. You can always go off and read 17th Century French poetry on your own. Meanwhile, it's nice to have a good job.