Larry Hogan
Former Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland.
  • Persisting labor shortages have state governments strapped for workers.
  • Republican and Democratic governors have taken action by removing college-degree requirements.
  • The private sector was already ditching degree requirements before the pandemic. 

For a while, it seemed like a college degree was the golden ticket to joining the upper-middle class. Increasingly, it just looks like another credential.