The Incredible, Rage-Inducing Inside Story of America’s Student Debt Machine

We need people who are willing to do lower paying jobs (teaching is the perfect example) so the idea that students should just pursue high paying occupations isn't practical, and isn't beneficial to society.

According to one source, the annual cost for a full-time resident student at Louisiana Tech, for example, exceeds $20,000. That's a lot of money, even if cut in half through other means, for a student to get an education degree.

I think there is good understanding of the problem - the exorbitant cost of a higher education - so then how do we go about educating and preparing people for a wide range of occupations and to succeed in the workforce? Not everybody is cut out for college, but for those who are, what can be done to make a competitive college education more accessible?