Facts Go Adrift in Article on New Book
To the Editor:
Your article on Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates (“Do Americans Expect Too Much From a College Degree?” The Chronicle September 2) begins: “In times like these, data points get wielded like cudgels. Student-loan debt tops $1-trillion. As many as half of recent graduates are out of work, earn trifling wages, or have jobs that don’t require college degrees. Clearly, such numbers suggest, college isn’t worthwhile.”
I hate to use a cudgel, but all o…