Dismissed by Degrees: How Degree Inflation Is Undermining U.S. Competitiveness and Hurting America's Middle Class¶
Fuller, J. B., & Raman, M. (2017). Dismissed by Degrees: How Degree Inflation Is Undermining U.S. Competitiveness and Hurting America's Middle Class. Harvard Business School / Accenture / Grads of Life.
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- U.S. bachelor's-degree inflation (degrees once sorted candidates clearly; now they are a minimum participation threshold for most office jobs) is a running example, though the empirical decomposition of "inflation" vs. "changed job composition" is a live research question: Fuller et al.'s 2017 Dismissed by Degrees
This sourceEmpirical analysis of Burning Glass job-posting data documenting substantial degree inflation (employers requiring bachelor's degrees for positions historically filled by non-degree holders whose work content has not materially changed).
- U.S. bachelor's-degree inflation (degrees once sorted candidates clearly; now they are a minimum participation threshold for most office jobs) is a running example, though the empirical decomposition of "inflation" vs. "changed job composition" is a live research question: Fuller et al.'s 2017 Dismissed by Degrees
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