You can learn anything they teach in College on the Internet. Most of them put their stuff on the internet for anyone to use.A college degree is too expensive for a lot of people. That's why the student loan forgiveness program is so helpful. Like it or not, education is the key to class mobile.
You can then use a job site like Link In to certify your knowledge.
Then employers hire you based on your knowledge and not your ability to waste, mostly unproductive, time in a classroom.
A lot of College drop-outs have proven, it isn't the education that matters, it is the individuals' willingness to do what it takes to learn, promote themselves, and simply be the right person to be successful,
Some people will never be more than bottom feeders, regardless of all the free education in the world being given to them.
Somebody has to pick up the trash.
BTW Plumbers, Carpenters, Truckers, Construction, i.e. none college laborers, make above 6 figures a year without a college degree.