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>As an employer hiring a new grad, you know, at a minimum "This person showed up to class for four years. They are capable of following instructions, of learnin
by Mirioron 6y ago
>As an employer hiring a new grad, you know, at a minimum "This person showed up to class for four years. They are capable of following instructions, of learning new material, and doing so above a baseline level of competency."
I was thinking about this point the other day. What made me question it is that everyone that goes to college went through 12 years of education that wasn't too dissimilar to that. But for whatever reason that is not considered.
- bradleyjg 6y agoA high school degree used to signal exactly that and enabled holders to get a “good job”. We mistook the map for the territory and insisted that everyone get a high school diploma, reasoning that this would enable everyone to get a good job. In doing so we destroyed the signal and the good job gatekeeper was moved to an undergrad degree. We are now in the process of doing the same thing again, and employers are starting to look for master’s degrees.
- ADent 6y agoOnly 6.4% of Americans got a high school diploma in 1900.