My Comment To "You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore" in WSJ Opinion.

My published comment to The Wall Street Journal Opinion, "You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore: In 1956, I waited tables for $1 an hour. That was enough to pay for one-sixth of my Yale education." by Richard R. West, March 16, 2018:

The lack of high paying employment opportunities without a college degree increased the demand for degrees, reduced university price competition, and increased tuition. Additionally, in 1971, the US Sup Ct in Griggs v Duke Power effectively outlawed aptitude testing of employees as discriminatory, made the college degree the major source of signaling competency and removed the major alternative career path to a degree. The anti-discrimination employment laws passed to increase minority hires were used to question dismissals due to underperformance. Employers became more cautious in hiring and increased their education requirements. Fed loans are a response and not the main cause of higher tuition.