tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221147601357355702.post2874034095836204770..comments2024-03-19T09:26:47.124-04:00Comments on Pour une école libre au Québec: Globe & Mail : le réveil des étudiants québécois sera dur...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221147601357355702.post-92096474138086198762012-05-01T16:35:09.590-04:002012-05-01T16:35:09.590-04:00Je note ceci d'intéressant dans un des liens :...Je note ceci d'intéressant dans un des liens :<br /><br />But their analysis implies that about a quarter of the post-collegiate population is outright unemployed. By comparison, in December 2011, only a fifth of 16 to 19-year-old Americans couldn't get work. Meanwhile, according to the OECD, just 18.4 percent of all Americans under the age of 25 were unemployed in 2010. By those measures, college grads are actually faring worse in the job market than the overall youth population.<br /><br />When there were fewer graduates, a generic college degree used to be a valuable credential. Now that the market is flooded, diplomas count less, and specific skills count more. This means that, in many instances, associates and technical degrees may be more financially valuable than a liberal arts degree. After all, some of the fastest growing job categories are expected to be in so-called "middle-skill" positions such as nursing, which do not require a full, four-year education. It's one more sign that, for people seeking to fix America's employment picture, "college for all" is the wrong mantra. We need to be talking about "skills for all" instead.Roger Tnoreply@blogger.com