Virginia has become the latest state pledging to pare back degree requirements in their job postings, joining a handful of states, including Maryland, Colorado, Alaska, Pennsylvania and Utah. One of the few, if only, Trump administration executive orders left in place by the Biden Administration shifts the focus from degrees to skills in federal hiring. And a recent report from The Burning Glass Institute found that a growing number of companies have begun to change their hiring requirements. Although surveys still suggest the pace of elimination of degree requirements among private companies is slow, the skills-based glacier may finally be melting.
