Blog #8: Scholarly Work Review #2

Carnevale, Anthony P., Ban Cheah, and Jeff Strohl. "Not All College Degrees Are Created Equal." Center on Education and the Workforce. 4 Jan. 2012. Web. <http://cew.georgetown.edu/unemployment/>.

The reading "Not All College Degrees Are Created Equal" tells about how important a college degree is for a person in today's economy; however, there is a huge difference in what a college graduate will likely earn due to different college degrees. It also provides charts which show unemployment rates and  earnings for each degree. 

Anthony Carnevale is a professor at Georgetown University and was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the White House Commission on Technology and Adult Education. Jeff Strohl is he Director of Research at the Georgetown University Center on Education at Georgetown University and conducts research on supply and demand of education.


"The risk of unemployment among recent college graduates depends on their major...Unemployment rates are generally higher in non-technical majors, such as the Arts (11.1 percent), Humanities and Liberal Arts (9.4 percent), Social Science (8.9 percent)1 and Law and Public Policy (8.1 percent)." (4)


"...majors that are closely aligned with occupations and industries can misfire. For example, tying oneself to a particular major can be a problem if the associated occupations or industries collapse." (5)


"Majors that are most closely aligned with particular industries and occupations tend to have low unemployment rates but not necessarily the highest earnings. Some majors offer both high security and high earnings, while other majors trade off earnings for job security." (6)