A poll commissioned by the Business for Good Foundation, a nonprofit focused on reducing the wealth gap, found that 75% of Americans agree that “hands-on skills and practical experience matter more than formal degrees when it comes to career success.”

“You’ve got a lot of people that have historically didn’t think the American dream was for them,” Ed Mitzen, cofounder of the Business for Good Foundation, told Business Insider ahead of the poll’s release. “I would argue that it isn’t broken, it’s just moved, and it’s moved to places we stop looking.”

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