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Numerous private and public sector employers have dropped degree requirements in recent years.<\/p>\n
A new survey shows that employers still prefer to hire workers with college degrees. But only 54\u00a0percent of those same employers say students are graduating with the skills their organizations need. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Gallup and the Lumina Foundation published the results of a survey of 2,000 United States\u2013based employers conducted earlier this year. The findings come amid continued public skepticism about the value of a college degree and recent moves by a number of private companies and state governments\u2014including IBM, Delta Airlines and the governments of Maryland and Florida\u2014to drop degree requirements for many positions.<\/p>\n
According to the survey, 23\u00a0percent of employers say their organizations have removed degree requirements in the past three years, while another 20\u00a0percent said they\u2019re in the process of doing so. Despite those changing requirements, 76\u00a0percent of employers prefer candidates who have a four-year degree and 78\u00a0percent prefer those with a two-year degree. <\/p>\n
But the vast majority of those workers still require some additional training or skills development to perform their jobs effectively, employers said. The survey found that 20\u00a0percent of recent college graduates needed \u201ca little\u201d extra training, 49\u00a0percent needed \u201ca moderate amount\u201d and 20\u00a0percent needed \u201ca great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTaken together, these findings reinforce a clear message for policymakers, educators and workforce leaders: Employers still see higher education as a core driver of job success and talent competitiveness, even amid broader concerns about the ROI of a college degree,\u201d the authors of the report wrote. \u201cYet employers\u2019 optimism about the value of degrees sits alongside persistent concerns about skills and readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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