Study: College Grads Better Off Than Non-College Peers in Recession

There’s a narrative that’s plagued college students during the recession: the college grad with thousands of dollars in student loan debt, desperately struggling to find a job. 

It’s a narrative that’s made us question the value of a college degree. But, new research from the Pew Center shows that this construction might be a myth. College grads have fared much better in the recession than their non-degree peers, and in fact, employment rates among this group only dropped a few percentage points during the recession.

GUESTS:

• Jordan Weissmann: associate editor at the Atlantic, check out his blog post: The Biggest Myth About College Graduates and the Recession: Busted
• Anthony Carnevale, who is the director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.