CHRONIC – The difficulties of young “graduates” give grain to grind to all those who denounce “the overproduction of elites” when they cannot use their skills.
The graduation ceremonies were less festive than usual to close the year 2024-2025 across the Atlantic. Traditionally, the new “graduates”, decked out with their black toga, watched happily, throwing their “mortarboard” in the air, this flat -bottomed hat. However, not only does the Trump administration seek noise at the most prestigious universities, Harvard in mind, but the job market has darkened for new graduates. The “bachelors” having completed four years of “college” must now fight to make a place in the sun which seemed acquired to them.
A survey by the Bank of the New York Federal Reserve has just revealed that the “graduates” from 22 to 27 years old, at least holders of a bachelor, a master’s degree, or even a doctorate (PHD), underwent an unemployment rate of 5.8 % in the first quarter of 2025, much higher than that of the American population (4 %). It goes against …