The fact of the matter is that today's economy is such that a four-year bachelor's degree has replaced the high school diploma as the minimum requirement for jobs that pay decent, sustainable wages.

According to the June 21st Monthly Labor Review: The Editor's Desk,

"Achieving higher levels of education dramatically reduces the likelihood of being among the working poor."



"Individuals with higher levels of education have greater access to higher paying jobs, such as management, professional, and related occupations, than do those with lower education. In 2004, the working-poor rate for college graduates was 1.7 percent, the lowest by education level.

Persons with less than a high school diploma were those most likely to be among the working poor (15.2 percent); having a high school diploma or equivalent, but no college, reduced the working-poor rate to 6.5 percent."

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