Checking on the Class of 2007

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What did last year’s high school graduates do after collecting their diplomas? A new report from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics offers a snapshot of where they were as of last October.

Of the nearly 3 million people in the graduating class of 2007, 67.2 percent were enrolled in colleges or universities — 68.3 percent of the women and 66.1 percent of the men. The vast majority (93.2 percent) were enrolled as full-time students. Nonetheless, many were also in the labor force — 37.3

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