College Degree Requirements Creep Into Lower Income Brackets (1 Viewer)

[lily]

College Degree Requirements Creep Into Lower Income Brackets

A quarter of workers earning $35,000 per year now hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

www.forbes.com

thought this was an interesting read. increased requirement of higher education to apply for jobs that don't require a degree

 

[athenaaa]

How is this even allowed? How are people who can’t afford a post secondary education able to get anywhere and earn enough income to be comfortable?

 

[Ahsoka]

How is this even allowed? How are people who can’t afford a post secondary education able to get anywhere and earn enough income to be comfortable?

I’m not sure rich politicians or whoever care all that much about if lower income families are living comfortably. They aren’t one of them after all. No skin off their nose

 

[athenaaa]

I’m not sure rich politicians or whoever care all that much about if lower income families are living comfortably. They aren’t one of them after all. No skin off their nose

The rich just keep getting richer

 

[RandAlThor]

Which is odd since i see many jobs that used to demand a degree now go teh other way if you have the skill or ability.
Some of our senior programmers never went to university. They are young also.some not even 30.