Credential inflation refers to the devaluation of educational or academic credentials over time and a corresponding decrease in the expected advantage given a degree holder in the job market.cademic inflation, or education inflation, is the process of inflation of the minimum job requirement, and the simultaneous growing number of higher educated persons.
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Because research shows that they provide care equal to better than physicians and at a lower cost, their role is expanding rapidly. There are now about 140,000 NPs in the US compared to 106,000 in 2005, according to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.