Politicians and economists can argue until they're blue in the face about how long it will take to regain the jobs our country lost during the Great Recession. But the debate misses the fact that as the economy does add jobs over the next decade, America will be unable to fill these positions unless we dramatically increase the size of our college-educated workforce. So far, we're not doing it, and the bad news is that we are standing virtually still while educational attainment has been accelerating worldwide.
A rapidly growing percentage of the jobs being created around the world now require a college education, and as the knowledge-based economy continues to grow, that percentage is only expected to get larger. While other nations are
