When our two kids were in high school, my wife and I sat them down and told them that when they graduated, they were either going to college or to the local technical school. We further told them that if they went to college, they were going to get degrees where they would get good paying jobs. Our daughter earned a degree in economics with a minor in mathematics and works in an actuarial department at an annuity / life insurance company. Our son earned dual degrees in psychology and criminal justice and is a detective in a police department about an hour from where we live. My apologies if this comes across as boastful.
The reason we took this approach with our kids is that too many adults who should have known better were feeding the nonsense that if you do what you love, you will not work a day in your life. The universities were parroting this too. In my opinion, these schools should be sued for fraud, and whatever settlements that come out of this, should be paid out of the endowment. It's truly sad what a bunch of nit wit adults did to a large swath of a generation of kids.