Why a college degree no longer guarantees a good job

WASHINGTON Recent experiences of college graduates seeking employment raise questions about whether a university diploma remains the best pathway to pursuing happiness, as it once was. Consider the case of recent grad Lohanny Santo, whose TikTok video went viral with over 3.6 million 'likes'

- Steven Hill, Tribune News Service

A college education used to be considered, along with homeownership, one of the key pillars of the American Dream. Is that still the case? Recent experiences of college graduates seeking employment raise questions about whether a university diploma remains the best pathway to pursuing happiness, as it once was. Consider the case of recent grad Lohanny Santo, whose Tik Tok video went viral with over 3.6 million “likes” as she broke down in tears and vented her frustration over her inability to find even a minimum wage job. That was despite her dual degrees from Pace University and her ability to speak three languages. John York, a 24-year-old with a master’s degree in math from New York University, writes that “it feels like I am screaming into the void with each application I am filling out.”