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It’s easy to get the impression these days that it’s close to impossible to find a good job without a bachelor’s degree, but this is not the full story.

Whether it’s a used car that turned out to be a lemon or exercise equipment now gathering dust, we have all suffered buyer’s remorse. The inaugural Education Consumer Pulse survey from Strada Education Network and Gallup shows that the same kind of regret extends to college.

Congratulations to the Class of 2017. Earning a Bachelor’s degree is a great step towards building a promising future. But will this year’s graduates (nearly 1.9 million) gain a foothold in today’s job market? The good news is the economy is much stronger than it has been in recent years.

Black History Month is an important time to reflect on the achievements of African Americans, and celebrate their profound presence in the fabric of American society. From our area of expertise, we have observed many positive trends in the education and labor market outcomes for African Americans throughout the past two decades.

Since the 1990s, the number of black and Latino high school graduates who enroll in college has more than doubled. But three-quarters of that increase has been at underfunded, overcrowded open-access colleges. Meanwhile, white college enrollment has increased only at the nation’s top 500 universities. In an op-ed for the Washington Post, I argue that these inequities in higher education…