<p>wrt immigrants - while that might explain some of the stagnation in our degree stats, I don’t know it explains our numbers relative to Canada. They have lots of immigrants also, mainly asians and africans (including lots of Somalis). Are their immigrants that much more educated than our immigrants?</p>
<p>I also dont know I would determine optimal numbers of folks with given degrees based on the situation at this point in the business cycle. Lots of unemployed folks with degrees of all kinds. Even MORE unemployed without degrees. Thats a business cycle problem, not an education employment mismatch problem.</p>