The Illusionary Decline in Workforce Quality

Abstract

SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR (the guest on the show): Men 25–34 are less likely to go on to some form of postsecondary education than probably their grandparents and parents did. . . . The percentage of men with some form of post-secondary education 25–34 is actually lower than the percentage of men who had some form of post-secondary education who are 55–64. . . . PROGRAM HOST: Are you surprised by that, that young men 25–34 are going to be less likely to have postsecondary education than their parents, grandparents? SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR: I’m quite surprised by it, and I really don’t have a good explanation for it.