April 10, 2026
BERKELEY, CA — In a Fortune report published today, "‘Downward mobility is incredibly radicalizing’: The college bargain is broken," a working paper by CSHE Director Jesse Rothstein was cited as key evidence of shifting economic outcomes for graduates. Rothstein’s research reveals a sobering trend: employment growth for recent college graduates never returned to its pre-2008 trajectory, even as late as the eve of the pandemic in 2019.
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