Liberal arts instruction produces liberals. Done right, this can mean classical liberals, which is rather nice. Done poorly it produces a different sort of liberal: the kind that loves government programs but still believes in freedom of expression and a few other freedoms. Done really it badly produces Marxists, Wall St. Occupiers, woketards, and truculent baristas with massive student loan debt.
There's a lot to unpack in this chapter. But one of the last thoughts I had at the end was that you're channeling Mike Rowe, who has been one of the most prominent public figures advocating Practical Arts in lieu of degrees.
It's not just "the dumbification of our high schools". though. Griggs v. Duke Power Co. added a very nasty second punch, prompting cautious employers everywhere to use college degrees as proxies for some of the employment tests that were now too risky to keep using.
Thank you so much for this! I had never heard of this, and had always been wondering why the issue of over-certification is a bigger issue in the USA than in Europe. I guess I have an explanation now. The liberal justices ruling AGAIN by their emotion and ruining things, I should have known.
Is there any other cases you would list as being causative of this trend?
There's a lot to unpack in this chapter. But one of the last thoughts I had at the end was that you're channeling Mike Rowe, who has been one of the most prominent public figures advocating Practical Arts in lieu of degrees.
It's not just "the dumbification of our high schools". though. Griggs v. Duke Power Co. added a very nasty second punch, prompting cautious employers everywhere to use college degrees as proxies for some of the employment tests that were now too risky to keep using.
Thank you so much for this! I had never heard of this, and had always been wondering why the issue of over-certification is a bigger issue in the USA than in Europe. I guess I have an explanation now. The liberal justices ruling AGAIN by their emotion and ruining things, I should have known.
Is there any other cases you would list as being causative of this trend?
I certainly can list some other cases that have a very bad impact on America, but none specifically on the employment issue.
Most definitely though, the concept of disparate impact is everywhere in employment law, spreading its harmful impacts.