Earn Your Leisure Are College Degrees are a Becoming Worthless?
Mar 22, 2026
They debate whether college remains worth the cost as AI threatens graduate employment and tuition-driven systems. The conversation explores a surge in entrepreneurship and skill-based pathways replacing traditional degrees. They consider AI’s role in workforce reduction and how declining college demand could reshape the economy.
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A Large Swath Of People Have Exited The Job Market
- Roughly a third of Americans have stopped looking for work, indicating a deeper labor-market shift beyond headline unemployment rates.
- Rashad Bilal highlights 104 million people not in the American job system as a structural challenge.
AI Is Ending The Traditional College-Job Path
- AI will force a shift from the old "go to school, get a job" model toward entrepreneurship and freelance work.
- Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal argue education's value erodes if degrees no longer guarantee job placement amid AI disruption.
Executives Predict Dramatic Grad Unemployment
- Corporate leaders expect rising graduate unemployment with AI; one CEO predicted up to 30% of grads may be jobless post-graduation.
- Troy Millings cites a CEO saying current grad placement (6–7%) could jump dramatically to ~30%.