"Our community can be somewhat insular and we forget the incredible value that higher education provides to the job market at large, and as unemployment rates r

"Our community can be somewhat insular and we forget the incredible value that higher education provides to the job market at large, and as unemployment rates rise, the disparity grows and makes education more valuable, not less." Unemployment rates (or levels of income, for that matter) by education attainment are not particularly interesting, in my opinion. People who are smart and motivated generally go to college, so it is difficult to measure them against smart and motivated people who did not go to college.