The second-class citizens in our jobs recovery

A B.A. for a J-O-B?

Bloomberg reports:

Americans without a college education are still waiting for their employment outlook to brighten even though the overall jobless rate has fallen to a two-year low.

The emphasis seems to be on the difference between those with a bachelor’s degree and those without. Not sure whether the “some college” classification that was used means those who just took classes and dropped out, or includes those who actually have a two-year degree — such as a technical one.

I suspect the latter, but I wonder whether those two groups should be mixed.

Read the story here.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.

BRR

I too wonder if the students with 2 year degrees should be lumped with those with “some college.”