A college degree has long promised a better job, a better career, and a better life. The anxiety that students and parents have about college is typically limited to the front end of the process: getting into school, figuring out how to pay the tuition bill, and choosing the right major. But today there is a lot of noise around the degree as a recognizable signal of job readiness. As more and more people are earning a bachelor’s degree, employers seem to be trusting it less and less.