Some states are exploring opening jobs to people who don’t have a four-year college degree.Jeff Granit | For NJ Advance Media
By Elaine S. Povich, Staff Writer, Stateline
With record numbers of state jobs going unfilled since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland was in a bind. So, officials decided to eliminate the four-year degree requirement for thousands of those jobs — from parole agents to information technology specialists to nursing assistants — becoming the first state to do so.
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