lhjiourewi

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   by lhjiourewi 7y ago

   > not in comparison to the old bachelors degrees of 50 years ago "Degree inflation" didn't happen last year, it was a slow process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_... &g
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   by lhjiourewi 7y ago

   Lets look at the 40s, instead of the 60s. 1940 - 4.6% had a bachelor university degree today - 33% percent have a bachelor, but only 2% have a doctorate > For the first time in history, 90 percent of Americans over 25 years of age have
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   by lhjiourewi 7y ago

   PhD is the new "I have a university degree". Now that basically everyone gets a university degree, you need a new way to signal that you are a very educated person.
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   by lhjiourewi 7y ago

   Bogus research, flag please. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/02/the-unwelcome-r... https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/may/02/why-gen... htt