The Degree Question: Why the Path Into Work Is Being Redrawn
The question of whether university is still worth it used to be a conversation for dinner tables and opinion columns. Now it is a strategic decision that employers, institutions, and families are facing simultaneously — and the ground is shifting faster than most people realise. As AI absorbs the entry-level work that graduates once relied on, and as employers quietly drop the degree requirement for the first time in generations, something structural is changing about the path into work. Here is what I think it means.
