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To: arun gera who wrote (31907)	6/12/2005 12:54:20 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

some where we should also put in new technology to require less manpower, a work force that works longer and lives longer. who says you need a college degree to do half the jobs now done by college grads.. most of the jobs done back in sixties were done by high school grads,, some how those jobs got less demanding, less challenging and upgraded to college degree desirable or required. It amazed me over the span of years i worked how kids coming into the work force at the top of their classes somehow never had the basics the high school graduates had when they were retiring back in sixties. These people knew how to handle math problems in their heads, spell correctly, and memorize all kinds of required entries on a daily basis without ever having to reference a computer screen etc. of course we will continue to need immigration to grow this country we also did.

To: arun gera who wrote (31907)	6/12/2005 7:34:54 PM
From: regli	Respond to of 116555

It is not an issue necessarily of high school vs. college graduate. The issue is qualification for increasingly demanding jobs. Even graduation rate is a questionable measure as the competitiveness of U.S. education is put into question on more and more fronts. One also needs to add pay levels into this equation and even if you have comparable performance but one group comes at significantly higher rates, who would you prefer? Labor arbitrage as you well know is now a fact even on higher echelons jobs and this trend will only become more pronounced. However, one the whole, for an increasing number of jobs even a high school education will not be sufficient and I'll go even as far that a significant number of college graduates will face similar problems in the not so distant future.