And a university degree has become an unquestioned prerequisite in an increasingly stratified society.
Although around 40% of Spaniards end up with a university degree, many struggle to find employment at home.
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These days there's ample evidence that a university degree boosts your earning potential.
Thirdly, the more people complete higher education, the less a university degree will provide an indicator of special merit.
Of the top 20 fast-growing jobs, 11 mainly attract people who hold a level-four qualification roughly, a university degree or equivalent.
Men with a university degree have an unemployment rate of just 6.9%.
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My dad sold life insurance door to door until he went to night law school after leaving my mom and marrying someone with a university degree.
Jiang, the first Chinese Communist leader with a university degree, exhibits a charming worldliness and appreciation of other cultures that sit well with his bid to improve his country's global image.
There were complex problems in the post-World War II era that needed to be addressed by people who, and by citizens who, possessed a university degree or possessed access to university education.
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After they were married in 1968, she followed him to Cornell University in upstate New York for his studies, and he urged her to pursue her dream of getting a university degree.
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Still, in finally reaching the presidency, Lula has defied many forecasts of failure: many pundits argued that a former metalworker, lacking secondary schooling let alone a university degree, was unelectable in a basically conservative country.
But the schools system has been geared to providing University (and principally Oxbridge) entrants for far too long to the detriment of the majority of children, and no matter how they disguise it it's obvious that many people want to retain that system because that's the only way they can see of protecting the perceived quality of a university degree.
And there was a sustained expansion of the higher-education system: the share of working-age adults with a university degree rose from 5% in 1980 to 14% in 1996 and 31% in 2011, a faster increase than in France, Germany or the US. The combination of these policies helped the UK to bridge the GDP-per-capita gap with other leading nations.
He holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Duke University, a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Bachelors Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
After the war, he used the GI Bill of Rights to earn a degree from New York University and a law degree from St.
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Florida will not let you work as an interior designer unless you complete a four-year university degree and a two-year apprenticeship and pass a two-day examination.
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He has a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University and a master of science degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Justin, a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in textile and apparel management, walked me through the various steps required to make one of their world-famous bespoke shirts.
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Kumar has a bachelor's degree in ecology from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, a master's degree in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MBA in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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For the record, Webb was Miss Alabama USA 2012 and is a 2011 graduate of Auburn University with a degree in business management and administration, according to her Miss Universe biography.
When a student approaches the university with a specific degree focus, applies it with diligence and finances it soundly, understanding the commitment he or she is making, the American university system is still the best in the world.
Having a high-school diploma or university degree is a weak indicator of whether one has skills that increase productive capacity.
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He obtained an undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of the Pacific and later a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Pope, who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978, with a degree in political science, and who has a law degree from Duke University, relishes debate and conflict with his opponents.
He studied philosophy and political science at Memphis State University, and then earned a law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967.
Plus, you can earn an associate degree from a local community college for a fraction of the cost of a four-year degree at a university.
He earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from the State University of New York at Buffalo, a master of arts degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.
The son of a contractor and a restaurant owner, Mr. Brichter graduated from Tufts University with a degree in electrical engineering in 2006.
Cochran later completed a visual arts degree at the University of South Australia, before going on to complete a masters degree.
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