College enrollment increased between 2000 and 2010, however it's been basically flat or slightly down since then. If you look at the monthly stats, the labor f

College enrollment increased between 2000 and 2010, however it's been basically flat or slightly down since then. If you look at the monthly stats, the labor force participation rates for the younger groups seems like it goes down sharply with recessions and doesn't recover much. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1bBX7 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1bBX7 The monthly data also makes it clear that this isn't a smooth trend over decades.