You’ve no doubt heard it before, “a college degree today is like what a high school used to be.” That’s especially true when employers require a college degree for a job that doesn’t require college-level skills and aptitudes. That’s ‘degree inflation.’ Read more in this provocative article by Michelle Singletary. It’s from the Reading Eagle.
PERSPECTIVES: How ‘Degree Inflation’ Is Fueling the Student Debt Crisis
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