Policy in Brief: Banning the BA Box
Policy in Brief: Banning the BA Box  
Podcast: The American Compass Podcast
Published On: Wed Feb 01 2023
Description: On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass and Chris Griswold are joined by special guest Jonathan Berry, partner at Boyden Gray & Associates and former Department of Labor assistant secretary. They discuss the “bachelor’s fad”—our over reliance in the labor market on bachelor’s degrees—and how public policy should respond. And listen to the end for some of our best bill title ideas yet.Further Reading:American Compass policy brief: Banning Bachelor’s Degree RequirementsEscaping the Bachelor’s Fad (Chris Griswold, American Compass)The False Promise of Good Jobs (Oren Cass & Richard Oyeniran, American Compass)Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent (Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines; Harvard Business School)The Emerging Degree Reset (The Burning Glass Institute)