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So the problem here is degree inflation. 20 years ago when I was getting my first master's degree it was a 5 years of in person classes. In the meantime degrees became required for lots of positions. Teachers need to get additional degrees to get promotions, you need a degree to apply for a job in the public sector and so on. So what used to be a proof of your qualifications became just a certificate you need to get. Now I'm getting my second master's degree and it's a year of online classes, without any in person evaluation. We will either start distinguishing between bullshit degrees from online universities and real ones or all of them will lose any value.
I saw rants very much like yours 30 years ago - before you first masters...
A masters has always to my knowledge been one additional year after you have a 4 year degree. So that they only require 1 year for the second degree is expected - you already have a 4 year degree, a masters is one additional year of advance study on top of it.
Depends. 1 for many vocational degrees, 2 for most academic or engineering. Also usually only the 1s accommodate completion by working professionals. 2s tend to assume full-time study.
Yes, degree inflation is nothing new. I remember my uncle telling me how difficult his high school graduation exams were and how easy they got later.
We already had private school giving diplomas to politicians without attending any classes (I know about such instances in Spain and Poland). With AI getting some type of a degree will be just a formality for most people. No idea if it's an issue or not. If employers want to use degree as a proof for anything they will have to verify which ones mean something. If they don't care then I guess no one will.