What obstacles will you encounter while trying to complete a college degree

Obstacles?  Hurdles?  Barriers?  In the climate that presupposes certification, diplomas, and licensure is a must-have by discriminating employers, obtaining any lauded paper is the least of my concerns.  And while many a student climbs the rungs of academia toward that lofty accreditation, there looms larger the question, will that be enough to land that prize position?  Perhaps some tracks are less susceptible to change, such as Drafting, or Nursing, perhaps not even Biology.  The hoops that each student must jump through is dependent on the altitude by which we desire to reach, not our attitude so much.  Take the computer industry, with plethora of evolving technologies, where once a course is crafted, designed, and taught by educators to students, by the time they reach the end of the first year of coursework, the climate has changed--once cutting edge is old news, even antiquated.  No, I have no doubt that the biggest obstacle while trying to complete a college degree is augmenting that education with vendor-specific training, and re-training to both current and emerging standards.  This is specific to any field within the computer industry, specific to networking, security, and support thereof.  For my purposes, chasing the paper-tiger will be nothing short of daunting, considering the vast landscape of products that inundate every aspect of this industry.  It is the nature of the beast, and no one degree will be sufficient, and though employers want the degree, they expect the paper-tiger mentality to accompany it.