Originally Posted by Bostonian
I don't know where Fleming (the video author) gets his numbers, but they look wrong. At 1:18 he says that 2/3 of high school graduates enroll in higher education right after high school, and "only a quarter of those that enroll will finish a bachelor's degree". According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the college graduation rate is much higher for such students...
As to where he gets his numbers...
The video description states that the transcript is available on the college website. transcript: Success in the New Economy
Originally Posted by transcript: Success in the New Economy
This philosophy has increased college enrollment, resulting in 66 percent of high school graduates in this country enrolling in higher education right after high school.3 That’s two out of three. Initially, they are deemed the successful ones. But, what you won’t see advertised is the reality that most drop out and only a quarter of those that enroll will finish a bachelor’s degree.4 ...
footnote/citation 4:
Horn & Berger. (2005). College persistence on the rise? Changes in 5-year degree completion and postsecondary persistence rates between 1994 and 2000. Washington DC: National Center for Educational Statistics. And: Symonds, W., Schwartz, R., & Ferguson, R. (February 2011). Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century. Report issued by the Pathways to Prosperity Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, And: Gray, K. & Herr, E. (2006). Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates. Third Edition. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

Originally Posted by Bostonian
Around 3:37 Fleming says the ratio of jobs requiring master's, bachelor's, and associate degrees in *all* industries is 1:2:7, and that "it was the same in 1950, the same in 1990, and will be the same in 2030". Someone who opines with such certainty about the future should be laughed at, not listened to.
As to whether this is opinion...
The transcript cites a reference for this:
Originally Posted by transcript: Success in the New Economy
The true ratio of jobs in our economy is 1:2:7.15 For every occupation that requires a master’s degree or more, two professional jobs require a university degree, and there are over half a dozen jobs requiring a 1-year certificate or 2-year degree; and each of these technicians are in very high-skilled areas that are in great demand.16 This ratio is a fundamental to all industries. It was the same in 1950, the same in 1990, and will be the same in 2030.17...
footnote/citation 17:
Gray, K. & Herr, E. (2006). Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates. Third Edition. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.

A book twice cited, Other Ways to Win: Creating Alternatives for High School Graduates, is found on Amazon.