Over-education
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Over-education is the phenomenon in which individuals feel burdened or oppressed by the weight of their education. A good education is something prized in all cultures, but education can be felt as an obstacle to happiness, and may contribute to mental health problems.[1]
Sometimes this term relates to the problem of employing people with higher education. For example, some employers avoid hiring people with doctoral degrees, because they find the presence of someone more educated than themselves a potential threat to their own position. Also, the may not hire them because they don't want to pay a higher salary for someone they don't need with that high of an education.
