If he doesn't know which general direction to go into, I would suggest completing general education courses at a local community college. Hopefully within those two years, he will have taken a liking to something, and it will be easier to choose a "real" college after that. It's so much cheaper, and often times the classes are smaller than what you'd find at a university. I'm dual enrolled at a local community college and Oregon State university, and the class size difference is astounding. A chem class at OSU has over 300 students, where as the class i'm taking at the jc only has 25. Much better!