The societies that tries to find "a place for everyone" were colossal communist fuck ups.
The only proven way to run an efficient (and somewhat happy society) is through competition and a market based economy. To make that work, everyone has to be self motivated to work hard and not rely on the government.
IMO you are completely misunderstanding him. Right now 28% of millennials have a college degree and 72% do not, despite 70% of millennial having attended some college.
All because college worked for you doesn't mean it can work for everyone. There is in fact a problem with skills in the current workforce. College doesn't come close to preparing you for the workforce. There is a massive problem with trying to match the right person to the right job with the right skills.
Are you Gen X? You are really missing the point.
There is a super "it worked for me it can work for everyone" bias with you. Not all the state universities have connections to private sector industry, internships, and such. Some universities are just not that good. Thats not even considering all the suckers who fall for the for-profit online schools.
Not everyone has a privileged upbringing. The problem that you don't understand is the barriers that are in place now that didn't used to be there. With regard to people who grow up without much privilege or opportunity. For example I was talking with people who got their job a decade ago without a GED. In fact everyone working then in this particular job didn't graduate highschool. Some wised up and got a GED and are now more flexible in the workforce. Others did not because they were comfortable there and thought they could stay forever. But times changed and got more competitive. But that is not entirely their fault.
You don't have the ability to truly put yourself in other peoples shoes. Nor do you truly understand anything about how you became what you are today, if you are missing the point this badly.
It has nothing to do with communism, wow. Its about the institutions we use to train people for the laborforce. Some history would be useful here. Were blacksmith apprenticeships communism? When I put it like that is seems dumb huh?
College is just one way of training people for the laborforce and no it does not work for everyone, nor is it even a good way honestly to train people for the work force. Other countries have in some cases vastly different and IMO more effective ways to pass on skills to the new generations. AFAIK They still have a sort of institutional apprenticeship program in Germany and much of Europe instead of just kicking you to the curb after highschool.