To investigate whether the pandemic is actually making a dent in whether employers are requiring degrees, Harvard researchers Joseph Fuller and Christina Langer partnered with Emsi Burning Glass, a labor-market data company, to examine 51 million jobs posted between 2017 and 2020. Their data wrangling yielded cheerful results. "Employers are indeed resetting degree requirements in a wide variety of roles. The change is most noticeable for middle-skill positions--defined as those requiring some post-secondary education or training but less than a four-year degree. To a lesser extent, the change is also noticeable at some companies for higher-skill positions," Fuller, Langer, and Burning Glass's Matt Sigelman report in Harvard Business Review.
