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Preparing first-generation college students for their first career job

Originally published on LinkedIn August 7, 2019. A little-discussed reality is that many recent college graduates are underemployed. French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu called this diploma inflation, the disparity between the educational promise and the opportunities the diploma offers. Roughly 43% of college … Continue reading

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