A facebook group with 6 members is your evidence of the dimished value of a college degree? You can't be serious.

It's true that a college degree is not a guarantee of economic success, but that's dependant on one's effort and inherent skills. What is true is that with the exception of certain industries, functions, and entrepreneurs with great ideas and execution, a college degree is necessary for most high skilled, long-term careers. I certainly would not have aquired my previous lucrative position at a large global media firm without my college career and would not be currently attending a top global business school which combined with hard work, will certainly result in an even higher level of success.

In addition, there are intangible benefits to a college education that can't really be aquired elsewhere. The caliber of different minds and experiences you encounter in college are invaluable. College is more than just books and lectures. It's an unforgetable, fully rewarding, and wholistic experience that everyone with a will and means should strive to take advantage of.

College may not be for everyone but for those who are willing to take advantage of all aspects of it, college is a lifelong rewarding experience.

I posted examples, including my own, how college can not only not help, but hurt.  Now, let me give examples of my two younger brothers, to show how right from high school to college is not.  One has no college at all.   He worked as an auto mechanic, then got a union job as a lineman and worked his way up the ranks, and is doing well for himself.  My other brother didn't do college but landed in the marines, until he retired.  He added college later and managed to land a security clearance needed job in the private sector.

And if what I write is sour grapes, so be it.  I don't have issue with the content of college or even my grades (GPA above 3.5 for my BS and MS degrees).  What I do have issue with is how useless it is as something positive to land a job.  I wish people turn off their aytopilot mentality that all that  debt in loans will get paid off, because jobs are guaranteed.  Folks, not in a long shot is it.  Also college is just ONE of numerous ways to establish a career.

For myself, I also got associates degree earned at a community college. Parents paid for it, so no debt.  I probably should of stopped there.  I DEFINITELY say to do community college first and get used to college that way.  AND... kept the debt load down as much as possible.

I posted the link to the videos on there.

As far as the "intangibles" I give you Penn and Teller's TV show on college (this is part 1 of 3):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_m0uhToV94

The BIG point has to do with costs vs reward.  If college were free, sure, go for it.  But, if you left with debt in the 5 and 6 figure range, is it worth it then?  You can't escape this debt either.  They will even garnish social security payments to pay it back.

This is a cultural divide I became aware of only after moving to Canada

In the US, "college" and "university" are essentially the same - what Brits and Canadians call "college" is called "trade school" or "community college" in the States

Marketable skills and no debt is to be valued.

Good points. I think I'll cancel my plans to go to University next year.

Were you going to borrow 100% and jump in with liberal arts and no idea what to go  for?

A couple of thoughts on this ...

At my current job there are a couple of (secret) hall of shame resumes where the person who did the hiring blacked out the names and contact info with marker. My favourite of these resumes had a section on "videogames completed" and also listed that he was a level 56 shaman in World of Warcraft. While this kind of information might be acceptable inside a company on the wiki under your personal profile every employer who reads it is immediately going to discount you. On a (somewhat) related note, having information about your hobbies on a resume may not be that bad; but unless it is relevant to the position or makes you look good (“I’m a triathlete who runs to support blind aids orphans in Africa”) they should probably be left off the resume.

The second thing is that most people ignore the importance of networking. In most (reasonably) healthy markets, simply asking a dozen people you know if they had any job openings at their company increases your odds of getting a job dramatically; and even new grads who “know nobody” probably know more people through their friends and family that are in a relevant industry then they would ever suspect. Many people would be surprised how many managers were willing to hire a new grad with a less than impressive resume simply because he was "Joshua’s cousin’s friend from college"

^Jups,  I helped a few friends getting a job just because they were friends with me :);

College in Canada is more hands on than University.  University is a lot more about the theory.

I've had friends graduate from both types of post-secondary, and the ones that graduated from college found jobs easier than the ones who graduated from university (at least going from my limited viewpoint and based on what I took).

Unless you went to University of Waterloo and had Bill Gates come in and hire your entire graduating class :P