>"Under the changes, an applicant must have a college degree in the specific field in which he or she is looking to work" For software development positions I

>"Under the changes, an applicant must have a college degree in the specific field in which he or she is looking to work" For software development positions I suspect it is the dumbest requirement ever. When I used to be employed by company we've hired and brought over many people from former USSR republics. Some of the best programmers ever and not a single one had specific programming education. All were graduates of various universities.