“Hundreds of thousands of young people who came of age during the pandemic but didn’t go to college. Many have turned to hourly jobs or careers that don’t require a degree, while others have been deterred by high tuition and the prospect of student debt. What first looked like a pandemic blip has turned into a crisis … The slide in the college-going rate since 2018 is the steepest on record, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.” AP: Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college. (And yet, it still seems to be even harder than ever to get into one…)