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18 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 8 May \ on: The Case for Universities (Financial Times, Simon Kuper) econ
I think there's a real issue with what jobs "require" degrees. It's really my same gripe with "no child left behind" in USA. When everyone is practically guaranteed to get a high school diploma, then how do you tell which student has work ethic and which basically just showed up? When everyone is special, no one is.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan OP 8 May
Yes yes, signaling theory. But as a society we gotta find a better way to signal competence and work ethic
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18 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 8 May
100% agree, I just hate that the signal is literally any bullshit degree that you can think of. Obviously there are highly specialized jobs where a degree matters, but a bachelor's degree to be an executive assistant seems insane.
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