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15 more companies that no longer require a degree \u2014 apply now<\/strong><\/a> — from glassdoor.com<\/p>\n

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With college tuition soaring nationwide, many Americans don\u2019t have the time or money to earn a college degree. However, that doesn\u2019t mean your job prospects are diminished. Increasingly, there are many companies offering well-paying jobs to those with non-traditional education or a high-school diploma.
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\nGoogle and Ernest & Young are just two of the champion companies who realize that book smarts don\u2019t necessarily equal strong work ethic, grit and talent. Whether you have your GED and are looking for a new opportunity or charting your own path beyond the traditional four-year college route, here are 15 companies that have said they do not require a college diploma for some of their top jobs.<\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nSeveral years ago when gas prices were sky high, I couldn\u2019t help but think that some industries — though they were able to grab some significant profits in the short term — were actually shooting themselves in the foot for the longer term. Sure enough, as time went by, people started looking for less expensive alternatives. For example, they started buying more hybrid vehicles, more electric cars, and the sales of smaller cars and lighter trucks increased. The average fuel economy of vehicles went up (example<\/a>). The goal was to reduce or outright eliminate the number of trips to the gas station that people were required to make.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These days…I wonder if the same kind of thing is happening — or about to happen — with traditional institutions of higher education*? Are we shooting ourselves in the foot?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditional institutions of higher education better find ways to adapt, and to change their game (so to speak), before the alternatives to those organizations gain some major steam.<\/strong> There is danger in the status quo. Count on it. The saying, “Adapt or die” has now come to apply to higher ed as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty, staff, and administrators within higher ed are beginning to experience what the corporate world has been experiencing for decades<\/em>.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty can’t just teach what they want to teach. They can’t just develop courses that they<\/em> are interested in. The demand for courses that aren’t attractive career-wise will likely continue to decrease. Sure, it can be argued that many of those same courses — especially from the liberal arts colleges — are still valuable…and I would agree with some of those arguments. But the burden of proof continues to be shifted to the shoulders of those proposing such curricula. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, the costs of obtaining a degree needs to<\/em> come down<\/strong>\u00a0or:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n