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The main reason that nobody's really hit on is that it's super easy to get a college degree now.

Sir Ken Robinson (check out his TED video on creativity) talks about how there's academic inflation. Now most jobs require a master's whereas 5 years ago a bachelor's was enough. With the rise of vocational schools and online ones like Phoenix University, the number of college degrees has gone up, but jobs have not gone up proportionally.




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