DEGREE

Research suggests declining return on investment from master's degrees

While Americans typically view a master's degree as an opportunity to advance career earnings, some recent findings…

By Campus Reform
Nov 25, 2024

Study highlights trade work as a growing alternative to a college degree among Gen Z

A recent report indicates that younger Americans are increasingly considering blue collar jobs as an alternative to…

By Mary Stevens '25
Oct 15, 2024

New study finds that free community college doesn’t necessarily increase degree attainment

The study investigated two “free community college” programs in Pennsylvania.

By Benjamin Brown '26
Aug 16, 2024

Report predicts 66 percent of 'good jobs' in 2031 will only be attainable with a bachelor's degree

Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce predicts that in 2031, 66 percent of 'good jobs' wil…

By Michael Duke '26
Aug 2, 2024

UVA withholds degrees from anti-Israel students under investigation for disorderly conduct

The University of Virginia reportedly withheld degrees from four students amid ongoing investigations into their in…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Jul 13, 2024

PROF JENKINS: Go to college, anyway

Look, I still cling to the old-fashioned notion that a college education is valuable for its own sake.

By Rob Jenkins
Mar 25, 2024

High schoolers are losing confidence in the benefits of a college degree: study

A recently released study that involved focus groups and a national study explores how high school students and non…

By Campus Reform
Mar 14, 2024

MA cuts college degree requirements for state jobs except where 'absolutely necessary.'

Governor Maura Healey signed the order, titled 'Instituting Skill-Based Hiring Practices,' to 'reduce structural ba…

By Austin Browne '24
Feb 2, 2024

Peterson Academy preparing for 'soft launch' in February, promises better education at 95% lower cost

Dr. Jordan Peterson announced in a social media post that the Peterson Academy will open for a "soft launch" in Feb…

By Adam Sabes
Jan 26, 2024

PROF JENKINS: Navigating the collapse of credentialism

No wonder we don’t trust the 'experts' anymore.

By Rob Jenkins
Jan 25, 2024

4 times employers ditched 4-year degrees in 2023

American employers in both the private and public sectors have dropped degree requirements and are favoring applica…

By Campus Reform
Dec 28, 2023

PROF GIORDANO: The reckoning within higher education is here

Two years ago, I warned that a perfect storm was brewing as universities were destroying themselves through numerou…

By Nicholas Giordano
Dec 14, 2023

SURVEY: Nearly half of employers plan to drop 4-year degree requirements in 2024

Over half of the companies surveyed had already eliminated bachelor’s degree requirements for some positions in 202…

By Campus Reform
Dec 5, 2023

Businesses are turning away from higher-ed and its push toward 'equity'

'If companies don’t want to see the diversity of their workforce backslide in the coming years, they need to revisi…

By Campus Reform
Nov 28, 2023

PROF GIORDANO: Why the privte sector is ditching college degrees

The shift away from degree requirements represents a failure of our institutions, and it indicates that these insti…

By Nicholas Giordano
Oct 12, 2023

Latest trends underscore declining value of degrees in global job markets

Recent data from LinkedIn revealed that U.K. job postings not requiring a college degree increased 90% from 2021 to…

By Lane Whitten '24
Sep 14, 2023

Polls reveal Americans are not confident in higher ed, but still think a degree is important

Recent Gallup data have just revealed Americans’ paradoxical attitudes regarding college tuition, clocking dropping…

By John Parker '25
Aug 21, 2023