The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream.
Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a new NBC News poll, a dramatic decline over the last decade.
Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime,” while 63% agree more with the concept that it’s “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off.”
I never did but I’m now middle aged and stuck in my career without one. I’m right now planning on finding a competency based program to try to speedrun, so I can stop working on implementing others peoples broken garbage.
I have bad news for you. You can get a PhD and you’ll still be implementing other people’s broken garbage.
I’m aware, but I’m stuck where I am and can’t climb any further. So, either stop trying or try something else.
Implementing other people’s broken garbage. As I feel I do that every day, what is it that you do for a living? Ha ha. Also, do you have any ideas for the future?
I do, I have a career goal I have been marching towards for some time but the momentum I had has stopped.
I joined the IT workforce during my generals at college, before the .com crash in the 90’s. I dropped out and have been working my way up ever since. I’ve led teams, I’ve been an architect, I’ve been a senior engineer, but I have always been after a director level role. No matter the experience though so far, the door is closed unless I have the degree.
So, I’m thinking about WGU, for an IT Management degree (maybe eventually a masters). It’s what I do every day, so I hope I can test out of a fair bit and the rest I should probably brush up on anyway.
I’m not after Fortune 500, I’ll go be a director for a balloon manufacturer or something, just a role where I can have a little of my own agency.
Not that I am suggesting that you do this, but no one checks degrees… especially if they were a while back. Double especially if it’s from an educational institution than has since shut down.
If this is your only setback and you already have the skills needed… 😇