Thanks to Sharon Higgins for supplying the latest estimate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics about where the jobs are for the next several years.

She sent this comment:

Here’s more evidence of the mismatch between “College-for-All” and the STEM push and what the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects. A huge number of upcoming jobs require only a high school diploma or less. See Table 1. Occupations with the fastest growth, projected 2010-20 and Table 2. Occupations with the largest numeric growth, projected 2010-20 @http://www.bls.gov/ooh/about/projections-overview.htm

If I read the chart correctly, we will need many more nurses, nurses aides, home health care aides, retail clerks, food service aides, and construction  workers.

Most of the jobs don’t require a bachelor’s degree. They require a high school diploma and on the job training.

Sharon Higgins, by the way, runs an excellent website called Charter School Scandals. She knows more about the Gulen charter chain than anyone other than people who work for it.