Employers and career experts see a growing problem in American society--a(n)【C1】______of college graduates, many burdened with tuition-loan(学费贷款)debt,【C2】______into the work world with a degree that doesn't mean much【C3】______The problem isn't just a soft job market--it's a(n)【C4】______of graduates．In 1973, a bachelor's degree was more of a rarity,【C5】______just 47% of high school graduates went on to college．By October 2008, that number had【C6】______to nearly 70%．For many Americans today, a trip through college is considered as【C7】______of a birthright as a driver's license.
Employers stress that a basic degree【C8】______essential, carefully tiptoeing around the idea that its【C9】______has decreased．But they admit that the degree alone is not enough; now they【C10】______work experience as a way to make yourself【C11】______．Daniel Pink, an author on motivation【C12】______the workplace, agrees that the bachelor's degree 'is necessary, but it's just not【C13】______,' at times doing little more than verifying 'that you can more or less show up on time and【C14】______with it.' The author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future says companies want【C15】______．They're looking for people who can do【C16】______that can't be outsourced(工程外包), he says, and graduates who 'don't【C17】______a lot of hand-holding.'
For now, graduates can steer their careers【C18】______job growth is strong--education, health care and nonprofit programs【C19】______Teach for America, says Trudy Steinfeld, a career counselor at New York University．'Every college degree is not cookie cutter．It's what you have done during that degree to【C20】______yourself.'
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