Need for More High School Dropouts

ucbalumnus
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:37:52 +0000

mini:

We have a HUGE surplus of STEM graduates



Change “STEM” to “biology” to get a more accurate picture. Biology is the largest STEM major, and the one which is most in surplus to major-specific jobs. Various STEM subjects differ considerably in job prospects, so lumping all of them together (either optimistically or pessimistically, as is common done here) gives an inaccurate picture.

But getting back to jobs needing only a high school diploma or less… some of them may be taken by high school or college students who need to work to earn some money, but have not yet completed what will be their highest educational attainment.