Why, it almost sounds like higher ed is some sort of scam, or something…

Don’t count on a college degree getting you a better job.

approximately 60 percent of the increase in the number of college graduates from 1992 to 2008 worked in jobs that the BLS considers relatively low skilled—occupations where many participants have only high school diplomas and often even less. Only a minority of the increment in our nation’s stock of college graduates is filling jobs historically considered as requiring a bachelor’s degree or more.

I’m not too hopeful for my students who are looking for a credential rather than skills.

Tip  from Joanne Jacobs.