A degree used to show someone was capable of learning more advanced topics. Companies hired broadly regardless of major and trained for the tasks needed. Degre

A degree used to show someone was capable of learning more advanced topics. Companies hired broadly regardless of major and trained for the tasks needed. Degrees as having economic "worth" comes from the shift away from career training and apprenticeship and towards an expectation of readily available career skills (and unpaid internships, a related issue).