Just want to add that I think we need a culture change, so that other paths besides college are honored. That means more funding- and respect- for vocational training, apprenticeships and other on-the-job training programs. Financial stress has made college more career-focused for many anyway, and some of those kids could do just as well going directly to work, or to job training, and in that case would not suffer the feelings of failure and the judgment of others that they “crashed and burned.” The expectation and “dream” that everyone go to college is a relatively recent construct: let’s look at it rather than disrespect those who don’t fit the new mold.