Bowling Green, Kentucky — Oct. 31, 2023: Downtown commercial business area surrounding Fountain Square Park. Bowling Green is also home to Western Kentucky University and the National Corvette Museum (Photo by Pgiam/Getty Images)Earlier this year, on a visit back to my alma mater, Western Kentucky University, I spoke to a student majoring in business who told me he might drop out of college to take a factory job near home. Tuition was going up (again) and he wasn’t sure if there was anything wai...