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Seems that a fix for that would be to attach a loan/bond to the training that gets repaid by cash or by credits for working at a member employer.

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Unions were started in part as a response to indentured servitude. I'm not sure that would fly, politically.

Purdue does something similar without requiring you work for a specific employer.

https://www.purdue.edu/dfa/types-of-aid/income-share-agreeme... (Income Share Agreements)

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/03/29/708152566/epis... (Episode 903: A New Way To Pay For College)

The AMA basically does the same thing in certifying schools and capping spots (which allows the schools to charge several arms' and legs' worth of tuition)

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