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Thanks for the link, interesting read. I had no idea Middle Eastern countries have such major issues with overeducation/underemployment. I'm used to a model whe
by distances 5y ago
Thanks for the link, interesting read. I had no idea Middle Eastern countries have such major issues with overeducation/underemployment. I'm used to a model where state assigns the number of university admissions based on job market demands, so I didn't imagine this kind of almost unlimited growth in degree holders.
- fzzzy 5y agoAt one point a lot of people only got school up to 8th grade. Then eventually everybody is going to school up to the 12th grade. Maybe in the future it will just be customary to go all the way through 4 years of college.
- distances 5y agoSo when people say university degree, is it usually Bachelor's degree then? I'm assuming Master's so 5-7 years. That's the default in Nordics, I don't know a single person with a Bachelor's.
- kinjba11 5y agoIn the US at least, Bachelor's is much more common than a Master's. It depends on the area of study I bet. The views I grew up around about education treated Master's as a waste of money with a "go PhD or get a job after the 4 year bachelor" prevailing theme.
- distances 5y agoHere Master's is a requirement for quite many jobs such as teaching. Bachelor's is enough for jobs such as preschool teachers and pharmacy clerks. Technical sciences didn't have a Bachelor's even as an option until some time ago. I think it wasn't seen as useful, and still these days Master's is the default. Tuition is free so there's no direct cost associated with studying longer.