In the last recession a surge of Canadians went back to school. Post secondary enrolment shot up after the 2008 crisis.
The class of 2010 (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/recession-sent-surge-of-graduates-back-to-school-statscan-finds/article21586345/) graduated into a brutal job market and it responded logically: almost half of those who finished a bachelor’s degree that spring chose to get more schooling, as did a third of college graduates and a third of master’s degree graduates. In the US, increased enrolment was led by older adults as workers who had lost their jobs sought new skills...
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