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U.S. Rep. Angie Craig drops college requirement for staffers

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Re: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig drops college requirement for staffers

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Post by ModernMech »

coding123 wrote: post #28
nawgz wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think there's anything sane about the Police reducing their job requirements when we see how ripe for abuse the position is and how unstable it has become in the US based on similar reductions. I also don't really understand how university education is "almost ubiquitous"; I see that the prevalence of Bachelor's degrees amongst adults is under 40%. Is the claim that the demographic of 21-32 would have a perce…

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Neither of those things are being said here. You're just amusing yourself.

Re: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig drops college requirement for staffers

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Post by leetcrew »

kevviiinn wrote: post #13
flavius29663 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AKA: If everyone is super, then nobody is

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unironically yes? if a job "requires" a BA/BS, but realistically could be done by the median highschool graduate, that's four years off the person's life for no real reason.

of course, there are other benefits of higher education. but credential creep itself is a signal of waste, not progress.

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Post by johngladtj »

kevviiinn wrote: post #13
flavius29663 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AKA: If everyone is super, then nobody is

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When those standards cost resources to acquire and maintain without providing a return?

Yes, absolutely that's harmful for humanity in general

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Post by [deleted] »

efitz wrote: post #18
bell-cot wrote: post #9

I've never heard any justification for having "college education" as a job requirement. Or at least no justification that didn't amount to "keep out people who aren't like us", or "pretend to be competent", or "posture as exclusive".

A college degree is a signaling mechanism that you are willing to stick it out until the end in a large bureaucratic environment and not quit. An Ivy League degree is a signal that “you’re one of us”.

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Re: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig drops college requirement for staffers

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Post by augment003 »

nawgz wrote: post #19
version_five wrote: post #2

Sort of related, ontario is dropping university requirements for police: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-eliminating-edu... I wonder if it's coincidence or the start of a trend back to sanity about job qualifications. Ironically, by becoming almost ubiquitous, university education also becomes irrelevant.

I don't think there's anything sane about the Police reducing their job requirements when we see how ripe for abuse the position is and how unstable it has become in the US based on similar reductions. I also don't really understand how university education is "almost ubiquitous"; I see that the prevalence of Bachelor's degrees amongst adults is under 40%. Is the claim that the demographic of 21-32 would have a perce…

College degrees don’t seem to have done anything to make the police less abusive. Why waste money on them when we could instead give police better police training and resources?

Re: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig drops college requirement for staffers

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Post by willcipriano »

efitz wrote: post #18
bell-cot wrote: post #9

I've never heard any justification for having "college education" as a job requirement. Or at least no justification that didn't amount to "keep out people who aren't like us", or "pretend to be competent", or "posture as exclusive".

A college degree is a signaling mechanism that you are willing to stick it out until the end in a large bureaucratic environment and not quit. An Ivy League degree is a signal that “you’re one of us”.

Those sound like just the people you want to hire if you want to build a lumbering bureaucratic organization.
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