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41% of Recent Grads Work in Jobs Not Requiring a Degree
Inside Higher Education | February 18, 2020 | Elizabeth Redden

Posted on 02/19/2020 3:03:56 PM PST by karpov

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: college; education; jobs
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We should not encourage everyone to go to college by making it "free" when a large fraction of college graduates are not using their degrees.
1 posted on 02/19/2020 3:03:56 PM PST by karpov
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Title should say “41% of Recent Grads” demand a refund on useless survives


2 posted on 02/19/2020 3:09:19 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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Depends on what sort of "degrees" we're talking about here. If it's stuff like studies of lesbian pottery art of ancient Sumeria, they better get used to that Starbuck's job because that's all they're gonna get.
 
 

3 posted on 02/19/2020 3:10:17 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: karpov

I hope people are waking up to the lie that’s been pushed on us all, by everyone for the last 30 years.


4 posted on 02/19/2020 3:10:46 PM PST by vpintheak (Leftists are full of "Love, peace" and bovine squeeze.)
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"41% of Recent Grads” demand a refund on useless services"
Better
5 posted on 02/19/2020 3:10:48 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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Title should say “41% of Recent Grads” demand a refund on useless survives

Huh????

6 posted on 02/19/2020 3:12:05 PM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: karpov

It’s a lot worse than than 41%. A lot of jobs that “require a degree”, do not really require a degree. Many times, it’s just the company being elitist, thinking an indoctrinated staff with worthless degrees will somehow be better than one without.


7 posted on 02/19/2020 3:16:44 PM PST by ETCM
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Traditionally, many grads start that way. My daughter worked in a Dentist’s office as a receptionist. After establishing a good work record she moved into a job requiring a college degree.


8 posted on 02/19/2020 3:17:27 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: karpov

This is their source:

https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market/college-labor-market_compare-majors.html

And it’s pretty shocking too.


9 posted on 02/19/2020 3:21:24 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Liberal arts degrees are useless. A BSEE would start off at 60K or more. Same with accounting and computer science.


10 posted on 02/19/2020 3:27:05 PM PST by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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STEM degrees aren’t even safe anymore since H1Bs are taking over the IT industry. College is becoming useless as a whole other than creating generations of debt slaves struggling to compete against the perpetual flow of migrant labor.


11 posted on 02/19/2020 3:31:32 PM PST by Shadow44
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In this economy I would say these people did not pick the right field or are incompetent. One has to pick a field for which you have passion and can excel and get employed. Its not that hard really if you have reasonable intelligence and can apply yourself.


12 posted on 02/19/2020 3:35:29 PM PST by plain talk
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I would not trade my excellent plumber for ten Ivy League liberal arts graduates.


13 posted on 02/19/2020 3:42:41 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: ETCM

ETCM wrote: “A lot of jobs that “require a degree”, do not really require a degree. Many times, it’s just the company being elitist, ...”

Actually, this stems from so many lawsuits claiming that any form of an aptitude/intelligence test is discriminatory. The college degree has become a surrogate for an aptitude test.


14 posted on 02/19/2020 3:44:52 PM PST by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: karpov

I see a lot of them working as baristas in Starbucks.


15 posted on 02/19/2020 3:48:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Osage Orange
Ha sorry... Auto-correction doesn't work if you don't read the word.
They should say, "41% of Recent Grads” demand a refund on useless services"
16 posted on 02/19/2020 3:50:40 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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Blame this crap on the employers.

Employers are demanding college degrees or at least a 2 year associates now for the most basic entry level job.
Can’t fault young folk for getting a degree. It almost now required for any job other than fast food or basic retail.


17 posted on 02/19/2020 3:52:11 PM PST by setter
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We should not encourage everyone to go to college by making it “free” when a large fraction of college graduates are not using their degrees.

No, it is actually worse than that: Less than half of the freshmen who START COLLEGE do not bother attending more than 3 semesters!

That includes:
“I am not interested in college any more ..”,
“I quit”,
“I failed”,
“I failed to attend enough classes”,
“I failed to attend classes at all”,
“state scholarship free money stopped because of ...”

18 posted on 02/19/2020 3:53:19 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but ABCNNBCBS donates every hour, every night, every day of the year.)
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Blame this crap on the employers.

mostly HR dept ... taken over by wimmin almost 100% ...

19 posted on 02/19/2020 3:58:00 PM PST by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: karpov

With the exception of the “Learned Professions”, doctor, lawyer, etc. almost no job requires a four year degree. A university education is mostly structured reading and little else.


20 posted on 02/19/2020 3:58:30 PM PST by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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