Companies Predict 2026 Will Be the Worst College Grad Job Market in Five Years
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/2026-graduates-job-market-7928bcd7
Hires from the Class of 2026 will stay largely flat, employers project, as layoffs rise and AI is able to do more entry-level tasks.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/2026-graduates-job-market-7928bcd7
Hires from the Class of 2026 will stay largely flat, employers project, as layoffs rise and AI is able to do more entry-level tasks.
Americans With Four-Year Degrees Now Comprise a Record 25% of Unemployed Workers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/americans-with-four-year-degrees-now-comprise-a-record-25-of-unemployed-workers/ar-AA1QTUzs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/americans-with-four-year-degrees-now-comprise-a-record-25-of-unemployed-workers/ar-AA1QTUzs
How AI Is Killing the Value of a College Degree
Universities have sold a whole generation a lie
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/11/25/universities-have-sold-a-whole-generation-a-lie/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/11/25/universities-have-sold-a-whole-generation-a-lie/
No, College Degrees Aren’t Losing Their Value
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/no-college-degrees-arent-losing-their-value/
AI is disrupting entry-level work. But don’t mistake short-term chaos for collapse. The college wage premium still holds.
Cline, Alexander, and Barış Kaymak. 2025. “Are Young College Graduates Losing Their Edge in the Job Market?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 2025-14.
https://doi.org/10.26509/frbc-ec-202514
High school graduates in their twenties have consistently experienced a higher unemployment rate than college graduates in the same age range. However, the unemployment gap between the two education groups has recently narrowed, reaching its lowest level since the late 1970s. This Economic Commentary shows that this narrowing coincides with a decades-long decline, one that began around 2000, in the job-finding rate among young college graduates.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/no-college-degrees-arent-losing-their-value/
AI is disrupting entry-level work. But don’t mistake short-term chaos for collapse. The college wage premium still holds.
https://doi.org/10.26509/frbc-ec-202514
High school graduates in their twenties have consistently experienced a higher unemployment rate than college graduates in the same age range. However, the unemployment gap between the two education groups has recently narrowed, reaching its lowest level since the late 1970s. This Economic Commentary shows that this narrowing coincides with a decades-long decline, one that began around 2000, in the job-finding rate among young college graduates.