Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro eliminated the college degree requirement for 92% of jobs in state government, opening up about 65,000 jobs to non-college graduates. This is a growing trend in today’s labor market, where one in five employers are relaxing educational requirements to attract workers who have historically been shut out. NBC News’ Dasha Burns speaks with Governor Shapiro about the growing trend and the workers now benefitting from it.
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#Education #CollegeDegree #Jobs
Democrats rule
Not the House of Representatives they don’t.
Joe Biden is a bad joke
real world experience is way better than a piece of paper . not all jobs should require a degree . when you know your job and in high demand and no degree was needed , thats just good work
@John Jones thats not a good point to make right now with all the near misses
@John Jones I have a federal A&P license that allows me to work on anything that flies, from a 172 Cessna to the space shuttle. It didn’t have anything to do with college, or degrees as I have none. Just real world experience and passing the FAA tests to get my license. You should remember that when you fly. Most of those mechanics “maintaining” those aircraft you fly on, all they did was pass a course and got a degree. They have no clue what they are looking at or what they are doing.
@John Jones . You still fly?. Don’t you know how under payed the pilot is?.
@Eric Ortega No, I don’t fly anymore
Luck of the draw, it’s not safe as you think
120000 for a worthless degree. It’s called today’s college education.
@John Jones Since when is a gender studies degre…”Education?”
@John Jones there is no use for college unless applied to higher tech jobs. Plain and simple just to get a degree means only more debt with very limited education.
Says someone who didn’t go to college, or a decent college. College teaches you important skills, regardless of your degree. Critical Thinking skills, communication skills, how to argue effectively, and understand modes of persuasion and manipulation are not taught in high school. When you understand things like why yellow and red are the colors of every fast food restaurant (because those colors stimulate appetite) and how to formulate short and effective arguments, no one can manipulate you. I would be like my co worker in our last meeting that just takes what the boss hands to him, because he can’t formulate the logic to show how my bosses conclusions are moronic and incorrect in his attempt to cut our pay. Education is very important, and to say that taking more English and math and philosophy and science classes offer zero value is moronic on it’s face.
@Rocket Boards Everything you spewed is BULLSH1T! College no longer teaches skills, it teaches marxist ideology, conformism, and a hatred for everything decent.
Oh man, now the Republicans can finally get some work.
According to the USDOE it is in fact democrats who are the least educated Americans! Fact check away chump!
You mean cheap labor, that’s what it’s all about. The dumber you are, the easier you are to manipulate and take advantage of.
@Rocket Boards Hence why democrats are so easy to brainwash…they’re the least educated Americans!
more reasons to cancel student loans debt
@Scab Salad Do you buy drugs from drug dealers because they tell you to?
Blaming others is a fail…if you realize the mistakes then you can obviously change.
@Tom you clearly need education lmao, trying to do a false equivalence of two unrelated matters to try to justify your reasoning is just dumb
@Ilala want to pay my mortgage because I was stupid enough to buy a house?
Cancel medical debts.
@Shay Malchione cancel everything
At Most jobs you need to learn the job from experience. I believe you can take a person with reasonable intelligence and teach them most jobs without a college degree
That may be but there’s no denying that many jobs are the complete opposite which require such intense focus on prerequisite knowledge, skills and familiarity to be capable of ‘doing’.
“Send us your poor huddled masses” but not your “tired” we need them to work 12 hour shifts. Education not necessary, we prefer them not smart enough to know that is illegal.
yes, the notion that degrees are not the most important aspect of landing a good career is true to an _extent_ , but remember that there careers, mostly in the sciences such as in the medical field or tough engineering industries that you would do better in _with_ a degree. I dont think becoming any sort of doctor is possible at _all_ without landing a medical school degree. same with certain types of engineering like aerospace, industrial, chemical, architectural, computer.
Yes, I agree it really depends on the job, career, and industry when it comes to education background. I myself worked through college and graduate school for both my bachelor and master’s in Engineering and Engineering Management. There was no way that I’ve could have worked as an Engineer without my degrees.
This is talking more about jobs that’s require a degree even if it has nothing to do with the job. For example, getting hired as a manager at Amazon for having a bachelor degree in culinary art.
If it’s not a STEM field I’m not sure degrees are that important.
Engineering though, you should have one (unless it’s software engineering)
is teaching in STEM?
Yes teaching is a STEM. You can get a BS in teaching. Those folks tend to become administration faster
Ah, the arts & humanities also need degrees/education, dude – Education, of course, but also fields like sociology, economics, history, music. There are a lot of components & skillsets needed for a society, not just STEM. And a HS education isn’t enough, especially the way a lot of places do it.
Accounting, finance, business, law, marketing
Being Booksmart doesn’t help when you have to go hands on some call it mechanically inclined You don’t need a college education for that
But you don’t learn critical thinking skills without college. You don’t learn how to learn without college. I deal with idiots every day that put their clients lives at risk because they lack common sense. They just don’t teach that in high school anymore.
Finally! Not everyone can afford it, and not everyone qualifies for a scholarship. This will help so many people.
No excuse my brother is first from immigrant parents
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@Angel Valdovinos noone cares/asked
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Majority of degrees are very easy to get. The issue is muddling the middle class By forcing loyalty years.
The majority of easy degrees are trash degrees.
@Steven C Now you oversaturate the job market with anyone.
India and other Asian countries are going to walk all over America !!
This is an insane move. Why don’t we stop charging people with a high tuition cost and give them the proper training instead. This is like putting a train on the rail without regulations.
The problem is this: Most people have never gone to college, and thus don’t understand the benefits. People have been told now that college is a waste of money and time, it’s liberal indoctrination, ect. Those are all lies, but again, most people don’t know that, because they never went to college themself. College teaches critical thinking skills, communication skills, and how to defend yourself from employers who attempt to use your lack of education to gain higher profits at your expense, regardless of what degree you get. I am the only one in my company with a college degree, and I can argue circles around anyone else in my company. My boss wanted to cut my pay, and laid out how flawed his logic was, and prevented that from happening. You just don;t learn these things in high school.
Less & less people are going to college so this is inevitable.
High quality university degrees are very expensive in the US, unlike the ones in Scandinavian countries. This is why the violent crime rate is extremely high
Critical thinking…. Something u don’t see often these days!
This needs to happen in NYC. So prejudicious
a step in the right direction there should be a bar exam for every degree required position. Not just law. Self education is the future of this country!
College administrators gonna have a fit when enrollment keeps dropping at University!
THANK GOD! SMART MAN! SOME OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE!
205 ILLINOIS
Dont blame anyone but america
👍
Sure, and I be am (IBM) pays less salary, waayyy less compare to competitors.
The biggest problem I have with this is that high school does not teach critical thinking skills. In high school, I was scolded in front of the class for asking questions, or challenging the teachers narrative of subjects that have more than one narrative or viewpoint. College is the exact opposite. I did not learn about modes of persuasion, or the different types of fallacies in high school. Those are college subjects, and without those skills, you are easy to manipulate in the work place, and in some jobs, especially science based jobs, you won’t find the best solution without those skills. You need to learn how to think outside of the box, make college affordable and send everyone, because education is the foundation to a functioning democracy. Lowering the standards only does this country a disservice. Decmocracy requires an educated population making educated decisions, the lack of education makes you easy to manipulate, which is how we got Trump.
Yep
Nope not at all. Education and intelligence are not the same. Public schools are where intelligence goes to die!
Are you really saying that Donald John Trump manipulated 49 million people?
I went to a top university and everything I learned to be successful in my career I learned on the job.
Are you the guy with the long hair?
America is getting dumber by the day.
That’s such bs I had to work hard for mine and now it’s being relaxed great
ikr lmao i went into debt for 30k just to find out that its being relaxed
Boohoo…
People are waking up to college, being a scam for most industries. Specific training and common sense make you a better employee than college.
Just get rid of college since it’s useless
Devotion to being exploited by capillaries and allow the wealthiest corporations to manipulate your entire society is definitely valuable.
Higher education must be useless because worshiping division of wealth and capitalism is representative of ‘freedom’ and virtue. The assimilation of knowledge is definitely not empowering or useful to civilization… because people are made to worship a mythical god, consume and feel like life is about chasing artificial wealth.
Expect the pay to decrease as well folks!
Which lessens the value of degrees that people have already. Ok.
Working sux, such a waste of life just serving the rich
street smart always beats book smart
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So government just got dumber 🤷🏼♀️
Took me zero years to get my degree. My education was purely hands-on learning and in the end “no Im special paper” 😆 Silly society.
what about the 10 years exp require for an entry level job? XD
The government is also looking to not pay student loans. So hire non-college degree holding individuals and book, you’ve potentially cut tons of money that would’ve been going to the government matching a percentage of loans. Def a long game here.
This probably has a lot more to do with employers not paying high enough salaries to attract degree holders. Honestly, degrees are more so about out competing other candidates. if its not realistic to get a lot of degree holders to apply, you simply dont require it if its not absolutely necessary
I’ve chipped away at community college classes, but that’s it. If my parents suddenly die I’ll probably be homeless or die myself because I lack any independence. Life sucks.
That’s a huge deal. Being able to get through a class is something many people can’t do. You’re self sufficient and you can survive no matter what. Because you have yourself and you are more capable than you could ever imagine. Don’t give up. Keep at it. If you ever need some encouragement I recommend a motivational speaker named Les Brown from the 80s/90s. Look up some of his speeches on YOUTUBE. It will all work out for you.
Think of someone you view as a role model and realize that they indeed also had to go little by little toward their goals. Everyone who’s ever had a goal has probably felt discouraged or like they couldn’t. It just takes time. Sometimes a long time. But your future self will thank you for working so hard. You’ll get there😀
And as far as being homeless many great people have become homeless and it is possible to bounce back from that also. But don’t have that self limiting mentality where you speak that for yourself. Speak good words into your future. Say “I will be successful and be safe no matter what” because I am a good planner and capable and have opportunity going for me.
Going back to the old days when high school was enough lol
Don’t be fooled. These employers are having an extremely difficult time finding ppl with degrees willing to work for $15 an hour.
Yeah I didn’t go to school for 22 years to make that little money. But unfortunately thats the crap we have to deal with.
@Gaye Alisir Wooohooo the exploitation of capitalism on our society is sure encouraging ‘growth’, innovation and competitiveness. This trend particularly amongst conservatives that are misled to feel virtuous their devotion to ‘hard work’ for a system that is all about exploiting, using and taxing our society which encourages an exponentially greater asymmetrical division of wealth.
Which is now has more degenerative teeth with the trend amongst a majority GOP voter demographic to devaluate and demonize higher education or education all together.
Ugh
You can make a little more than that as a cashier as Target
Yup! That’s exactly it! They’re not becoming more lax because they want to.
Also less people are getting degrees college admissions are down by millions.
Your just going to be payed less
I got my degree, and I hope to use it to become an editor, but I also really love organic gardening. I am not going back to school to learn skills I have already begun teaching myself. Many careers really don’t need this.
EVERYBODY GET THAT PIECE OF PAPER TO MAKE ENDS MEET 🤣🤣🤣
Sweet, now all that’s left of is getting rid of pushing college onto kids from elementary to high school & bring back shop classes that actually offer kids options
Sweet…..while we’re at it let’s get rid of schools all together.
I agree to some extent. You have to take into account a number of things. I found while in school, students were learning just to pass the test but didn’t retain much of the material. Some students were cheating. Therefore not really learning what was necessary. You can buy a college degree on line. Some fields are necessary to have an education. My oldest brother doesn’t have a college degree. However, he was blessed to be an engineer through his years of experience. God is Good!
I think office jobs shouldn’t need a degree, but training. I think it depends which sector you’re working in
Could that be because college degrees are unaffordable
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@Margaretmine Really,I think I will start with 3k USSD
about dang time!
Not everyone have the opportunity to continue their education because of family issues
Well when you have a Master’s degree and they want to only pay you $20 an hour in this garbage country….
Americans have crap education only available for those who can afford it…while jobs that pay well are only for those who can get degrees…it’s about time
So, most of the middle class work was shipped out of the country decades ago, along with many raw materials coming from abroad. The only place left to cut costs to raise stock prices is labor. So yes, they’ll take peeps without degrees or certification because it’s cheaper. Js
This is old news to me. Most places don’t care if you have a degree!!! As long as u have a HS diploma and upteen years of experience out of the clear blue sky your degree don’t mean nothing 😖
So many jobs including well paying jobs require a degree lol
Skills and attitude are most important in getting the job done, not a piece of paper that says degree. Most adults don’t have a college degree, but that doesn’t mean that they can not do the job.
Any engineering, medical, technical job requires a piece of paper that says you put in the time and work to learn something challenging.
Stop being a victim.
This is what the deep state wants, a bunch of mindless robots.
It’s a lack of good teachers most likely but nobody would ever admit that
Lowering standards to pander to certain people. So I guess you don’t need a college education to become a lawyer or a doctor too right?
Truck Driving school has been good to me. If you think a robot will replace me then go to the automated ports of Long Beach to see their robots replace crane operators.
It is already in the works. I remember watching a special on AI being used for long-haul commercial deliveries.
So 62% of Americans over 25 don’t have a college degree, well that’s a big problem. Instead of finding a solution to get people more higher education, employers waived higher education entirely instead along with government support…. Either higher education is becoming more useless or these employers are making a big mistake. Wonder what kind of companies are they. Surely engineering, finance, medical, technology sector need a college degree… America is changing so rapidly it is hard to catch up. At this pace we going to see 100% of Americans over 25 without a college degree. Yup, let’s make it a national holiday too when we finally hit that mark. Wow… amazing
Most Ivy Leaguers lack critical thinking skills and are just indoctrinated morons.
Millions of Americans have degrees that are worthless. Pieces of paper that cost a fortune.
College is worthwhile if it’s a good college and the degree is a good degree.
We don’t need any more liberal arts graduates!
“good college” is based on the individual’s location, major, and a lot of other factors. If you’re speaking about IVY, all Ivy is are schools that started when places were settled. The “prestige” comes from their age of keeping certain people OUT! Despite what you may believe, or have led been led to believe, Liberal arts are useful. What matters is how much experience you have in a field. Ten years ago, there were jobs that did not exist today. Best said by an economics book I once read: As technology changes, so will the ‘needs” of humanity and the careers they will have.
@ME Pulley we are pumping out millions of students with degrees that serve no purpose and that there is at best limited demand for.
All in exchange for four years of a young persons life and massive debt.
@Billy Bob – Massive debt yes. The purpose, that’s on You on how one lives their life.
@ME Pulley wow
I find it weird that the USA tries to lean on education now that we r in the worlds eye when tenure has been the driving force for decades! Just 20 years ago, degree or no degree you didn’t move up unless u had 10plus years at one company! Employers cared about dedication most! Most ppl I know can not afford college and to survive while working full time, and being a parent. College is unrealistic for how america TRULY operates.
A college degree has never, ever guaranteed a good job.
Ever.
Yet when a company posts a job, I can assure you they will post “preference of a bachelor degree”.
Or there could be a large amount of universities offering education for free. Thumbs Down to “relaxing” the requirement! 👎
Who wants a government job anyways?
everybody?
College a scam fr
For some of us school Just wasn’t an option I wish I could had went but when you’re homeless the first thing on your mind is getting a job and a place
There’s community college, trade programs, etc etc
Victim mentality does nothing for you.
@Steven C 🫤 can you not. You don’t know my story. All I did was express where I came from. Chill out before things go left
This will bring better service and businesses.
I had all the knowledge and skills to do jobs, but I was passed over because i didn’t have a college piece of paper that said ”I was a good student” Not everyone is college material, but still have the intelligence, sometimes more than a book learned person, and capabilities, yet people with lesser work skills are given higher jobs.
Cool story.
Why didn’t you go to a trade school? Playing the victim does nothing for you.
I have witnessed in my work place that more High School graduates are more dedicated, hardworking, have more commonsense and apply themselves better on the job that people with a college degree.
Lmao………sure.
Go to school for 20 years. End up with more debt than a mortgage and no job because nobody wants to pay employees. They just want AI to do all the work while the CEOs and shareholders live it up on their yachts.
I would still bet you have to have the college degree to progress in the company.
I agree to some extent. There are jobs where a person needs a college degree. What people call a “piece of paper.” Yes people put themselves in debt for financial security and to get paid more!!
Jobs that a college degree is needed is nursing, doctor, teachers and social workers just to name a few.
I worked with individuals who didn’t have a college degree in social work. The problem was they didn’t have social work experience and they didn’t have good communication skills which damaged the social worker and client helping relationship.
So yes a “paper” is needed to learn the skills needed to do the job right, my opinion. Do you want a nurse with no degree and experience?
College universities are becoming more and more useless, nothing but costly indoctrination camps, so of course it makes sense for low risk jobs to not require a degree
Well, considering you can login to the internet to learn your trade and not spend putting you with thousands of dollars in debt with the college racket. ITS A SCAM. College are outdated, a relic of the past. Too much bureaucracy and useless degrees.
thank God! Lol I felt left out
They’re doing this because colleges are pumping out coddled, indoctrinated babies that are way more trouble than they’re worth.
I would prefer government officials to have a degree in government, or federal constitutional history. I think it’s VERY important for these folks to understand the laws they are charged to uphold.
Everything else, meh… based on the industry and company needs. I don’t need a plumber with a four year degree. But, I don’t want a heart surgeon with anything less than 8.
I joined the Army right after high school. There was no way I was going to be able to afford it on my own and I didn’t want to be in debt for the rest of my life to get a piece of paper. What I found after the Army was that the overwhelming majority of people I worked with that had degrees thought they knew a lot more than they actually did. They also treated people who didn’t have a degree as if they were less than. I knew from my time in the military that knowing your subject matter and working harder than everyone else was almost, if not as good as that degree that cost $150K. It’s nice to see that at least some areas of the job market are relaxing their requirements.
Community college, and state universities are not $150k……but keep pushing the narrative.
@Steven C State U’s are that expensive depending on the state. And I don’t think I ever mentioned community college so let me check. Yep, just as I thought, no mention of that.
Too many got a “Social Arts” degree. 🤣🤣🤣
I was a programmer for a full decade before I was even old enough to go try the college scam.
It ended up being a pretty big scam and I’m happy I instead opted for working on crypto.
P.S. Argentina colleges are totally free and offer often better education than their north American counterparts.
Crypto lmao…..
They should try to lower the cost of education. Also, Republicans made a concerted attempt to remove merit systems for government jobs which means nepotism. Got to be careful with these things
Americans are just so undereducated, it’s sad.
While I love learning and studying, and also made the best friends of my life at university, I’m glad I dropped out after one semester and accumulated no debt. It’s sad that’s the reason I left, but that’s capitalism.
62% of America is dumb.
Education is free in duhmerika.
I’ve got degrees, just for fun.
This seems like a good thing. We need to encourage people who feel disadvantaged to get back into the labor market.
ok but the knowledge of the job, you want people to practice on life decision matters? Why dont we do this for doctors and construction workers. This guy is a genius
Good for people who just don’t have the opportunity to go to college, but what about the people that do go to college and get their degree? Some people with college degrees still have trouble getting a job.
ibm is the kind of companies lovse virture signaling because it is not good at everything.
Let’s keep dumbing things down. People complaining about college being expensive have never googled “Community College”….seriously.
College degree should count as experience. If you graduate high school, how are you going to get hired if the company want experience. Makes no sense at all.
I’m personally a prime example of this. I have a position that generally requires a bachelor’s degree but I do not have one. I worked extremely hard at my job to get where I am at. It was not easy at all but I managed to do it. Beacuse I did not have college debt I was able to afford my own house at 26. It’s insane to say but not going to college was the best decision.
I think that’s a good idea by lessen the educational requirements, for some of these types of jobs because the vast majority of people doesn’t have bachelor/master degrees as long as a person have the necessary skills, and experience they will be competent to do the job.
These employers have finally hit the wall of the real world