Education: Growing Squeeze

Ph.D.'s are not the only folks who have to do some calculating about career plans. Continuing a trend that began about ten years ago, college graduates will face fierce competition through the mid-1980's for jobs in fields ranging from anthropology and labor relations to sociology and political science.

According to a study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one out of every four students with bachelor's degrees will have to settle for a job that generally has not required a college education. In its Occupational Outlook for College Graduates, the bureau predicts that...

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