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Just one day after being sworn in as governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro signed an executive order getting rid of the four-year college education requirement for most state jobs.
“In Pennsylvania, the people should decide which road is best for them, not have it decided by some arbitrary requirement or arbitrary restriction. There are many different paths to success, whether it’s on-the-job training, apprenticeships, vocational education, or college,” Shapiro said before signing the executive order.
“Degree requirements that reward people who pursue one of these paths while excluding those who pursue others hurt us all.”
Josh Shapiro waves after speaking at his swearing in as Pennsylvania’s governor at the state Capitol on January 17, 2023 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images/Getty Images)
About 92 percent of all state jobs in Pennsylvania, or 65,000 positions, will now be available to people regardless of their educational background.
OVER 25,000 GLOBAL TECH WORKERS PUT OFF BY EARLY 2023
Shapiro wrote in the executive order that job postings must emphasize the required “skills and experience” against college requirements.
Pennsylvania also launched a new job posting website this week, which currently lists 738 jobs.
Students walk between classes at the University of Pennsylvania. (John Graeme/LightRocket via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced last year that the state would eliminate college degree requirements for thousands of state jobs.
Private-sector companies are also increasingly reducing college requirements for middle- and even higher-skill jobs, according to a Harvard Business Review study last year, which projected that 1.4 million jobs would be available for workers without college in the next five years.
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