Showing posts with label credential inflation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label credential inflation. Show all posts
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Hyper Credentialism and the Neoliberal College Meltdown (Glen McGhee and Dahn Shaulis)

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In the neoliberal era, higher education has become less a public good and more a marketplace of promises. The ideology of “lifelong learning...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

How Higher Education Has Made America’s Caste System Worse

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Higher education in the United States has long been marketed as the great equalizer—a system where hard work and talent supposedly translate...
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Thursday, July 10, 2025

The Truth About Degrees, Debt, and Why You’re Always Chasing the Next Credential (Glen McGhee)

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A System Designed to Keep You in Debt If you're in college right now, you’ve probably heard that getting a degree is the key to success...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The Misleading Myth of the College Premium

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For decades, the so-called college premium —the idea that earning a college degree guarantees significantly higher lifetime earnings compare...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Degrees of Discontent: Credentialism, Inflation, and the Global Education Crisis

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In an era defined by rapid technological change, globalization, and economic precarity, the promise of higher education as a reliable path t...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Chinese College Meltdown: Credential Inflation and the Crisis in Higher Education Employment

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China's higher education system is facing a profound crisis, marked by rampant credential inflation, a saturated academic job market, an...
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Saturday, September 14, 2024

Credential Inflation Makes College Degree Not Worth The Cost (Randall Collins)

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[Editor's note:  This article  first appeared in  Randall Collins'  blog  The Sociological Eye .] Belief in the value of college edu...