I have a theory that making education free and universally accessible, meaning anyone who is willing to put in the time can get a bachelor&#x27;s degree in any major they want, would remove the majority of the signaling effect that a 4 year degree has. There would still be some signaling from holders of elite college degrees, but I argue that it is a separate problem.<p>I do agree with you in principle about the HR director thing. College is treated too much like a white collar vocational school.