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Simultaneously, sectors like healthcare and skilled trades continue to experience soaring demand—areas where the need for human expertise remains difficult for AI to replicate. These fields suggest that the most resilient jobs in the future may be those that do not require a traditional college degree.
The Beginning of the End for Traditional Universities?
All these developments point toward a transformative era for higher education. As AI renders many white-collar jobs less accessible or less lucrative, the financial and societal incentives to pursue a university degree are diminishing. The once-assumed pathway—attending college, earning a degree, and securing a good job—may no longer be the default route to economic security.