University Graduates without Jobs

A story this morning on NPR's Morning Edition: "Finding a Job is Hard Even for the Most Educated." It's not about feeling sorry for those who have had the opportunity and means to attend institutions of higher education--no pity parties here. It's about being realistic about the relationship between higher education and job/career preparation and prospects--and many of us haven't been. And many more still aren't. And as I've discussed before, this syndrome (epidemic?) is in large part due to the way universities market the supposed necessity of a degree (not everyone truly needs to go to college or get a Master's degree), the way employers require unnecessary degrees (same but in terms of increasing one's skill or knowledge level), and the way students often possess inflated expectations of the value of a degree. No one party is to blame, but the factors causing the problem are all inextricably interrelated.