How the Knowledge Economy Delays Adulthood
There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow
In the wake of the Great Recession, story after story appeared about how members of the millennial generation had stalled after college graduation, and were desperately searching for the jobs that they thought awaited them upon earning their diplomas. But that assumption—that a college degree should be the ticket to a solid first job and career—where did it come from? And what are the responsibilities of universities today to their graduating students? Jeffrey J. Selingo, author of There Is Life After College, visits Zócalo to explore the rapid change in …