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To the extent that the value of a university education is in the degree rather than the knowledge, cheating will remain rational. Since the business model of se
by antithesizer 1y ago
To the extent that the value of a university education is in the degree rather than the knowledge, cheating will remain rational. Since the business model of selling undergraduate programs depends on the value of most degrees as prerequisites to certain lucrative/prestigious careers, such programs are fundamentally broken. Don't try to save them by playing whack-a-mole with cheaters who understand the stakes of the game better than you do. That battle cannot be won.
- ryandrake 1y agoIf most companies collectively decided to stop using "university degree" to gatekeep access to their jobs, then so many university problems would disappear overnight. Cheating would plummet. Proportionally more people would be there to learn instead of just going through the motions in order to get the "permission to work" paper. Fewer people would go to university to overall. Fewer people going would mean fewer people starting out life crippled with student debt. Yes, there are probably some jobs where you really want to make sure the person you're hiring mastered some niche skill, like medicine and law. And these roles already have their own standardized testing and certification. We don't need to require a college degree for general office paper pushing jobs.