Failing to launch, or just sputtering

originaloog
Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:57:30 +0000

The fact of the matter is that for most LArts grads entry level jobs are in actuality below entry level positions. What will see them through in the future is the personal talents and qualities which were instrumental in their ability to attend a highly selective LAC. However what this also confirms the findings of Kreuger and Dale, ie that their future success would have been likely to be the same regardless of the college they had attended.

I have seen the post grad employment data from Columbia University and most posters would be surprised at the entry level salaries which their LArts grads accept. And if these salaries reflect the fact that a significant number choose to remain in NYC, many salaries barely manage to reach subsistance level. However I suspect that if you were to track these students for a number of years, we would find that they would generally find significant success in whatever career path they ultimately chose because of their innate talents and personal attributes. But then the same could be said if they had chosen to attend City College.