tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post5946611582055775971..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Where Will Learning Take Place?M. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-30003490123887938012008-06-08T15:50:00.000+00:002008-06-08T15:50:00.000+00:00Joe,I agree with all your points. I can't tell you...Joe,<BR/><BR/>I agree with all your points. I can't tell you how many jobs I have had where I was "unqualified" for the position I held.<BR/><BR/>That will change over time. It is early days yet.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-11797680837971196022008-06-07T20:04:00.000+00:002008-06-07T20:04:00.000+00:00What is most disturbing about this is that there s...What is most disturbing about this is that there seems to be no efforts in most job application processes to weed out those who have solid understanding and enthusiasm of/for a body of knowledge. HR departments rely more on credentials. <BR/><BR/>Though schools like to portray themselves as above such motives as profit, they are indeed after it. And following the profit motive, schools are focused on churning out well-credentialed students, rather than well-educated students. Schools continue to be populated with students seeking a degree while avoiding the knowledge signified. Businesses continue to hire based upon the knowledge signified. Meanwhile, kids (and adults) who are really passionate about a subject but do not want to deal with the structured, stifling, anti-creative environment of most schools are simply learning the material, learning how to apply it, but have no "credentials" to demonstrate this in the 30 seconds that an HR worker dedicates to scanning resumes.<BR/><BR/>Our obsession with credentials creates an unnecessary and quickly expanding cost for individuals seeking certain careers, creates unnecessary pressure upon businesses to increase wages to a degree that justifies those tuition costs (whether incurred before employment or as part of a compensation package), wastes significant time for all involved, causes fundamental changes in academia that shift it away from an institution of learning and scholarship towards one of mass production of credentialed know-nothings, and it skews the labor force towards individuals with acumen for finger-drilling an academic curriculum rather than individuals with acumen for what they are hired for.Joseph Sixpackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294459911897368333noreply@blogger.com