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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
College grads today face a treacherous path to landing a job.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
In the world of higher ed, there’s long been an insistence that college is for everyone, but this has resulted in many graduates unable to find suitable jobs; the employment prospects of English majors—or even computer-science grads—are looking increasingly grim.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Noun or adjective
Winn-Dixie isn’t owned by the digital company Palmetto Senior High School grad Jeff Bezos built, but for customers, the experience will be the same.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
College grads today face a treacherous path to landing a job.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
Aside from the trials and tribulations of the increasingly AI-heavy application process—where some applicants report shooting out thousands of résumés—the unemployment rate among recent college grads is now higher than for all workers, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
In the world of higher ed, there’s long been an insistence that college is for everyone, but this has resulted in many graduates unable to find suitable jobs; the employment prospects of English majors—or even computer-science grads—are looking increasingly grim.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Grad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grad. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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