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And how do you propose the government try to fix credentialism? For all the talk about how useless degrees are, companies still choose to require them, especia
by ethanbond 3y ago
And how do you propose the government try to fix credentialism?
For all the talk about how useless degrees are, companies still choose to require them, especially the companies helmed by “college is a scam” zealots.
- bradleyjg 3y agoCompanies have to still require them because they are a valuable signal and it’s free to them. Kids have to go because companies require them. This is what a peacock spiral looks like. Government is fundamentally for breaking these kind of incentive failures. Not supercharging them through blank check forgivable loans.
- ethanbond 3y agoNo, companies don’t have to require them. Agreed the loan behavior exacerbates the issue rather than mitigates it, but “the current solution is bad” doesn’t necessarily mean the same agent is able to produce a good solution. If you’re certain the government is capable of breaking it: how?
- bradleyjg 3y agoI have ideas but if I post them, I’m guessing you are going to pattern match me to some ideological category and try to debate from that point of view. That’s not my point at all. It’s that all our federal politicians and political parties have had their ambitions shrunk down to nothing. No one at all is saying—-hey this credentialism thing is a serious problem, vote for us and here’s how we’ll attack it. Even if someone was proposing an idea I totally hated, I would at least appreciate the effort to actually solve a real problem. If you think credentialism is impossible for the government to make a difference on, pick something else. Anywhere you look for the last 14 years we’ve had few to no ambitious proposals.
- ethanbond 3y agoErrmmm... okay. The Biden administration actually has both talked extensively and taken several concrete steps against credentialism. Effective? I personally do not know. But it's blatantly false to say no one is talking about it or attempting to fix it. > The Department of Labor (DOL) is announcing an Advanced Manufacturing Registered Apprenticeship Accelerator Series that will support hundreds of employers to speed the development and launch of Registered Apprenticeship programs in high-demand occupations, such as industrial manufacturing technicians, robotics technicians, and industrial maintenance mechanics. Since the beginning of this Administration, the number of apprentices in advanced manufacturing Registered Apprenticeship programs has increased by 10 percent—and this effort will build on that growth. The administration has backed numerous apprenticeship programs like BioFabUSA that explicitly do not require college degrees. The administration created "Investing in America Workforce Hubs" in several cities to attract private investment into programs that, again, prioritize high-quality jobs that do not require college degrees. So it is simply untrue that no one is saying credentialism is a problem and trying to attack it. The current administration talks about this to no end and has attempted dozens and dozens of substantial attacks on it. Again, if you have ideas other than grant funding and tax incentives, I'm truly curious to hear them.
- lossolo 3y agoYou still do not offer any alternative solutions to problems you presented in your original post.