This chick has a degree in "Art Therapy" She is not making a living at it obviously, living in a former crack den, living with vermin and insect infestations, tons of debt on student loans for an absolutely worthless college degree. Kind of the American version of a permanent bed spacer with a college degree. At least it was not a degree in women's studies.
I came across this book on Amazon Worthless: The Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major Its a great book that address stuff like the above story. He talks about supply and demand and how it affects the job market and what is worthwhile education. One of the points he makes is it is true women are getting many more degrees than men these days but they are mostly worthless liberal arts degrees that have little chance of finding employment and are often low paying if they can find some employment. He talked about the degree mill scams like beauty schools. Here in the USA this kind of thing is a big ongoing scam. The cost of education has been skyrocketing and there are all kinds ways big education, often worthless, sucker people out of there money.
With no end in site a far as the recession goes here in America, people with these worthless degrees are just accruing interest on there student loans, they have little chance of finding work to pay off the loans. Many other countries do not have the deep structural problems the US has. The guy even suggest looking at other countries to seek better opportunities and avoid the consequences befalling the US.
