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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39111789

Anyone notice what these "non-professional" degrees have in common?

Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers

Here's a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:

 43% of new architects are women:

https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data

And 60% of all accountants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/

This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.

Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them...

92% of audiologists are women:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/

88.8% of nurses:

https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet

75% of physician assistants:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/

70% of physical therapists:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/

77% of educators:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/24/key-facts-about-public-school-teachers-in-the-u-s/

81% of social workers:

https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/

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[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This should help: Snopes article It's currently rated "Mixed" as it is still in the proposal stage at this time.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It would be funny if they killed the DOE first before they could do it.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Good. Pay us all overtime then, at time & a half.

I'm an accountant, but how TF is physical therapist not professional? 3 year grad school program for Doctor of Physical therapy, at 21k per year here. That is the education requirement. Then state licensing and jurisprudence exams, continuing education.

You know what isn't a professional job here? Politician.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 22 hours ago

You forgot the best part: PT is not professional, but Chiropraction and Theology are.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

This was going to be my first question. Does that mean these professions are no longer exempt from overtime rules? Because I'm pretty sure this contradicts how congress defined professional roles.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

Students doing certain degrees may no longer receive the same amount of reimbursement for their studies now that the Department of Education is implementing various measures from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.

[–] gatohaus@eviltoast.org 13 points 1 day ago

I’m kinda wondering if that’s their primary intention even if these scumbags are probably pleased with such an outcome.

Maybe they sorted the list of degrees by repayment rate and labeled all the ones below a certain rate as ‘unprofessional’. Since women are still getting paid significantly less than men for the exact same work, they may have lower repayment rates which would show up like you’ve shown.

To be clear, either way, fuck these clowns.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

The rich love to keep down the poor and the ill-educated despise those who try. Crabs in a bucket governance.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They all contain an 's'.

Nailed it

[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

The list said "architects"

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Guess his "big beautiful ballroom" won't be Professional Grade after all.