Housing Boom, Schooling Bust

gwhite@theatlantic.com, The Atlantic: Education
Sun, 10/04/2015 - 5:07am

Fabian Bimmer / Reuters Education is often prescribed as the antidote for a host of job issues: low wages, unemployment, and career stagnation. So it’s no surprise that when the housing market burst and the economy started to fall apart, more Americans turned to college to help them weather the storm.

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