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That the dirty secret of all higher education. The value of the credential comes from the screening, not the education. Research shows people accepted to ivy le
by cm2012 5y ago
That the dirty secret of all higher education. The value of the credential comes from the screening, not the education. Research shows people accepted to ivy league schools who don't attend have the same future incomes as the people who attend.
- willhinsa 5y agoBecause we as a society decided that IQ testing job applicants was illegal, we created the behemoth that is our student loan crisis. Fun times.
- lmm 5y agoI'm sympathetic to that kind of view, but it's not quite as simple as that. It's legal to ask job applicants for their SAT scores (which are directly comparable to IQ tests), but most employers don't.
- doetoe 5y agoThat research could also be interpreted as showing that the value of the credential is not the education, just the bare credential on your CV.