Are Degrees Becoming Worthless?

yes now adays it becoming worthless, because every one is getting degree .while we are going to any interview they sare not seeing degree they must intersted in their communication skills,manneretc.. thus y its worthless, if we have a master degree or phd is better than a degree.

As a teacher, and hopefully an administrator, I agree. It took me a little bit of extra time to get into graduate school, because I double-majored as an undergraduate. One of the areas was quite difficult for me; in fact, I have a learning disability that affects my work in that area. Sure, it killed my GPA for many things, but I still graduated with a 3.2. Sure, I had to work my butt off, and forego most parties, but the experience was quite rewarding. But it isn't just the way universities are set up these days, with their pressures on teachers to assign higher grades (their idea of "ensuring retention"), nor their desire to over-enroll classes, to cut interesting courses, simply because only 7 students enrolled. The students really do play a big part in this, and parents and former teachers contribute as well. The biggest change I've noticed is that students seem more and more afraid of taking uncalculated risks. They'd rather follow a syllabus to a point, be assigned "book reports" rather than innovative research projects, study previous exams (and ***** when none are available) than try for anything slightly dangerous and uncomfortable. Even if I state that the final grade is based on overall effort during the term (because I run a rigorous research class), rather than points and percentages, they still freak out, cry, storm, rage, and generally act as if I've taken away their treats and favorite toys. But, see: their parents told them they were special. Great, in a familial situation, but the world at-large doesn't care. Their parents sit on school boards, or ***** loudly enough, and the teachers (underpaid and generally abused) have to follow suit. State and federal boards of education have decided that students are too stupid to learn, and teachers are too stupid to teach, and therefore, we must have a common curriculum, a common syllabus, and that it's everyone else's fault if this program doesn't fit. Basically, we're raising generation-after-generation of people who are afraid to take positive risks, to think creatively, to tackle new situations with innovation and ethics. Hopefully, I can buy my own island before things get too rough; if this happens, I'll happily take applications from interested folk who want to join me.

Unfortunately I agree that degrees are becoming worthless because everyone gets one. Years ago, even finishing high school was an accomplishment. Nowadays, it's almost impossible to fail year 12 here in Victoria. It is difficult to do really well, but passing is a matter of turning up at school and handing in a few assignments. That is a bit simplistic but graduating high school is not worth much inrespect to what it was years ago. You practically need a university degree to pack shelves in supermarkets. And there are so many university and tertiary education centres and so many courses on offer - it's more and more difficult for the kids.

I believe that degrees can never be worthless... It apparently looks worthless when u see someone holding a degree is at par with someone without an equal degree... It is the system or the educational institution that is making the degrees look worthless by not monitoring the students properly... for example any Engg. from a low grade Bangalore college may show that the Engg. degree is worthless but the degree will get back its reputation if it of a student from IIT... simple