And how is the value of the degrees changing? From the NY Post: The woke university implosion — and what comes next
Left-wing indoctrination, administrative bloat, obsessions with racial preferences, arcane, jargon-filled research and campus-wide intolerance of diverse thought short-changed students, further alienated the public — and often enraged alumni.
Administrative bloat is an understatement.
At Yale University, administrative positions have soared over 150% in the last two decades. But the number of professors increased by just 10%. In a new low/high, Stanford recently enrolled 16,937 undergraduate and graduate students, but lists 15,750 administrative staff — in near one-to-one fashion.
This is in an era where college enrollment is falling. It fell 4 percent last year, or by 650,000 students. That was between 2021 and 2022. Men are staying away in droves, because there is only so many times you can be lectured about "toxic masculinity" before you're done, I guess.
Skeptical American employers, to remain globally competitive, will likely soon administer their own hiring tests. They already suspect that prestigious university degrees are hollow and certify very little.
Traditional colleges will seize the moment and expand by sticking to meritocratic criteria as proof of the competency of their prized graduates.
In short, there will be less of the insanity.
I saw an interesting ad on TV yesterday, talking about the many multi-talented and qualified potential employees that are disregarded or passed over because they don't have a college degree. They referred to it as "the paper celing" and it needs to be torn away.
ReplyDeleteI personally ignore all job postings that require a degree, unless there isa provision for experience, so it works both ways.
From way down in the article linked above....
Delete"Skeptical American employers, to remain globally competitive, will likely soon administer their own hiring tests. They already suspect that prestigious university degrees are hollow and certify very little."
There is also some discussion in the comments about which companies are crossing the Ivy League and other "high profile" (or Woke) universities off their list for recruiting.