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I think it's good. This sort of thing will move Universities back to being about teaching and research instead of vending credentials.

• tombert 3y ago
  I've gone back and forth about how I feel about grades as a whole. I do feel that by having these tests and grades that it does, indeed, sort of become just a transactional way to "vend credentials" instead of focusing on learning. I also think that often homework and tests aren't great measurements; I was bad about doing homework in college the first time around, and it was frustrating to the professors because I was doing horrible grade-wise, but was extremely active during class and generally did fine on the tests. I was mostly learning the material (at least well enough to get an A on the exams), but because I wasn't submitting my assignments, they would be forced to give me a C or a D. At the same time, I really haven't figured out a better system. I would be open alternative systems, but I think grades and grading and tests do the best job for the "average case". Maybe I should email some of my old professors and apologize for the headaches I probably gave them...
• the_only_law 3y ago
  > This sort of thing will move Universities back to being about teaching and research instead of vending credentials. I don’t see this happening unless jobs stop caring about credentials or become more willing accept other forms of credentials. Of course I’m assuming you aren’t specifically talking about software, which doesn’t have nearly the amount of credentialism as many other fields.