This article by Kevin Carey notes that since the early 1980s the press has been reporting the same story of college grads ending up in low-skills jobs. His major point is that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not kept pace with the changes in skill requirement for jobs. This means that jobs that are still being reported as requiring a high school education now require complex organizational and technical skills and therefore actually require a college degree. The article profiles several graduates across a 30-year timespan. In each case, they moved from low-skill jobs to careers that matched their education levels. Read more:

Bad Job Market: Why Media Is Wrong About Value Of College Degree | The New Republic. http://bit.ly/lCCjBW