Todd Sollar believed college was a waste of time and money , until he lost his factory job . In the Fall quarter of 2008 , Sollar enrolled in Sinclair Community College in Dayton and pursued an associate degree in applied science in automation and control technology with robotics . Sollar is among the growing trend of Americans attending community college . The average student at a four-year public university in America earns about $30,000 per year — more than double what they made when they were students 30 years ago.
Todd Sollar believed college was a waste of time and money , until he lost his factory job . Sollar is among the growing trend of Americans attending community college . The average student at a four-year public university in America earns about $30,000 per year — more than double what they made when they were students 30 years ago.