Showing posts with label credentialism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label credentialism. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

College Mania: The Spell is (Almost) Broken, But Hyper-Credentialism Remains

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For decades, America was gripped by college mania , a culturally and structurally manufactured frenzy that elevated higher education to near...
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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