Stripping degree requirements from job postings will open up a large swath of occupations to a much greater share of the population
Higher Education
Student debt now exceeds $1.5 trillion. We must overhaul a system that, for too long, has incentivized colleges and universities to charge unaffordable prices for degrees that do not always improve the lives of their recipients. Measures of return on investment (ROI) can help ensure that that institutions are accountable for the economic outcomes of the students they plunge into indebtedness.
All Higher Education
We compared what graduate degrees earn vs. what workers would have earned had they not gone to grad school.
Look up the financial value of tens of thousands of graduate degrees.
The net financial value of most graduate degrees is modest to negative.
Not every bad practice in higher education requires federal intervention
We cannot allow payment moratoria to become a precedent. A more targeted approach is needed
The Ivy League is not the only place where graduates can earn an upper-middle class salary
College grads earn more than those with a high school diploma. The question is how much of this premium is attributable to the degree, versus how much is down to preexisting differences between individuals