Are young Americans who don't go to college "penalizing" themselves?

George Leef

A recent Pew report claims that is the case, but in my latest Forbes article, I argue that the report is misleading. College degrees aren't becoming more valuable, but their glut is confining those who don't have them to a shrinking, low-pay sector of the labor market.

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