Ogletree, Jeremy: Credentialing

                  Traditionally, the sure way to get a dependable and enjoyable job is to go to college and get a degree of some sort, be it Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate. While this has held true for many years past, this pattern may be even more pronounced in the future. It is becoming more of a necessity to get a college degree in order to have a job and soon only learned people will be able to obtain well paying jobs. This will force more people to acquire degrees which will, in turn, force more people into unemployment because they do not have the appropriate credentials. This rise in unemployment would be exponentially expanding, creating chaos as the people with lower level degrees would no longer be able to get jobs because others with higher level degrees are already occupying all the available job spaces. In order to keep job spaces open, the lengths that citizens must go to in order to achieve college degrees are going to continue to grow in complexity.  College has been getting progressively more expensive since the early 20th century. Today the cost to attend college long enough to get a degree is at an all time high. This is to try to help thin the number of students out so that not as many will be degree holders. Colleges also hold the power to continuously raise their prices because they know that people will continue to pay the increasing prices in order to get their desired diplomas to achieve better paying jobs.