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Millions of school-leavers in the rich world are about to bid a tearful good
Millions of school-leavers in the rich world are about to bid a tearful good
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2023-08-17
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Millions of school-leavers in the rich world are about to bid a tearful goodbye to their parents and start a new life at university. Some are inspired by a pure love of learning. But most also believe that spending three or four years at university—although accumulating huge debts in the process—will boost their chances of landing a well-paid and secure job.
Their elders have always told them that education is the best way to equip themselves to thrive in a globalized world. Blue-collar workers will see their jobs offshored and automated, the familiar argument goes. School dropouts will have to cope with a life of cash-strapped insecurity. But the graduate elite will have the world at its feet. There is some evidence to support this view. A recent study from Georgetown University’s Centre on Education and the Workforce argues that "obtaining a post-secondary credential(证书)is almost always worth it. " Educational qualifications are tightly correlated with earnings: an American with a professional degree can expect to pocket $ 3.6 million over a lifetime: one with merely a high-school diploma can expect only $1.3 million. The gap between more- and less-educated earners may be widening. A study in 2002 found that someone with a bachelor’s degree could expect to earn 75% more over a lifetime than someone with only a high-school diploma. Today the premium is even higher.
But is the past a reliable guide to the future? Or are we at the beginning of a new stage in the relationship between jobs and education? There are good reasons for thinking that old patterns are about to change—and that the current recession-driven downturn in the demand for Western graduates will evolve into something structural. The gale(一阵)of creative destruction that has shaken so many blue-collar workers over the past few decades is beginning to shake the cognitive(认知的)elite as well.
The supply of university graduates is increasing rapidly. The Chronicle of Higher Education calculates that between 1990 and 2007 the number of students going to university increased by 22% in North America, 74% in Europe, 144% in Latin America and 203% in Asia. In 2007, 150 million people attended university around the world, including 70 million in Asia. Emerging economies are pouring resources into building universities that can compete with the elite of America and Europe. They are also producing professional-services firms such as Tata Consulting Services and Infosys that take fresh graduates and turn them into world-class computer programmers and consultants. The best and the brightest of the rich world must increasingly compete with the best and the brightest from poorer countries that are willing to work harder for less money. [br] The recent survey from Georgetown University’s Centre on Education and the Workforce shows that______.
选项
A、workers with a high-school diploma are less paid
B、degrees are closely associated with income
C、less-educated workers are living an insecure life
D、workers without a bachelor’s degree can’t get a premium today
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。本题考查乔治敦大学教育和劳动力中心最近的一项研究结果。定位句指出,乔治敦大学教育和劳动力中心最近的一项研究表明,获得高等教育证书总是物有所值的。学历与薪酬是紧密联系在一起的。B)与原文相符,故为本题答案。A)“高中学历的工人报酬低”、C)“教育程度低的工人过着不安定的生活”和D)“现在没有学士学位的工人将无法获得奖金”均不是这项研究的结果,故均排除。
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