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Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• Paul’s choice of labor economics as a field and his starting employment from a working class background
• Layperson definition of mal-employment in the college labor market vs gig work
• The effect of lower literacy and numeracy skills on student’s potential for mal-employment.
• The effect of college major on pathway to a job.
• The effect of starting early in college with paid work experiences like cooperative education no matter the choice of major.
• A third of recent graduates are mal-employed, costing them about half the potential salary earnings, which also has an impact on student debt.
• There is still a college advantage but students should develop marketable skills and experiences early and figure out how to turn their college major into a job.
• Experience is particularly helpful in preventing mal-employment in diverse and under-served populations.
• The differences between apprenticeships, internships, and practicums in fields that require experience before one can practice, e.g. health fields.
• Story about Professor Harrington having a “simply irresistible” moniker in some other interviews.

Resources Discussed in this Episode:

• Neeta Fogg and Paul Harrington. Rising Mal-Employment and the Great Recession: The Growing Disconnection between Recent College Graduates and the College Labor Market. Continuing Higher Education Review, Vol. 75, 2011 (link here)
• Paul Harrington at Drexel University

Music Credits: C’est La Vie by Derek Clegg

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When Robin wrote the book, she had years of experience in admissions, beginning at her alma mater, Occidental College, then moving on to Sarah Lawrence College, The Lawrenceville School, Swarthmore, and finally at Stanford University where she was the Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. 

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