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Have come to feel like -- call it vocational consolation prizes and we're simply not celebrating their contribution. that's why you have a skills gap right now at the same time you have unemployment. >> according to the department of labor, skilled labor like plumbers and steam fit ters, will see a 16% increase in the number of jobs available between now and 2018. skilled labor workers, a 29% bump. the problem, finding people skilled to fit the job and a number that will retire soon. this job bright mike way out to capitol hill where he testified about a skilled crisis. >> we need a pr campaig...

>> absolutely. i think we can safely say gone are the days we can go to college and study latin for the fun of it. we need to come out and still be able to pay our bills and student loans and things like that. >> this is a professor at the university of steinhart. you tell us college would not be a big deal if we were getting more for our money. >> that's right. i think one of the big problems facing american families is the fact that college tuition is going up quite a bit, almost every year at many colleges and universities, and it does raise the question of accessibility and what ...

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