Friday, July 02, 2010

For Many, a Grad-School Stint Doesn't Pay Off in Job Market

The Wall Street Journal reports:
College graduates who took a detour around the weak job market by going back for advanced degrees are beginning to emerge from those programs—and finding job prospects aren't much better than they were a couple of years ago.
There's more:
Caitlin Johnson, 23 years old, may soon find herself among them. A 2009 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in computer-science and engineering, she said she was unable to land any of the 10 positions she applied for.
No word yet from Barack Obama, who thinks even more people should be encouraged to go to college with federal tax dollars.