I understand the article For Most People, College is a Waste of Time, written by Charles Murray was an informative article about if we did not have a post-secondary education but had to take certification exams instead in order to get the job. Murray is credible because he got his B.A. at Harvard University as well as Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology he also has multiple works published, some are even books such as, A Behavioral Study of Rural Modernization: Social and Economic Change in Thai Villages, Beyond Probation: Juvenile Corrections and the Chronic Delinquent, Losing Ground: American Social Policy, In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government, Apollo: The Race to the Moon, the Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure
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He leads a very persuasive argument for the reader. Mounting criticism, more and more people will without a doubt start to question going to college .Will there be real value in earning a college diploma or will a university degree be nothing more than a costly status symbol, or will it truly be worth earning a college degree? “But when so many of the players would benefit, a market opportunity exists. If a high-profile testing company such as the Educational Testing Service were to reach a strategic decision to create definitive certification tests, it could coordinate with major employers, professional groups and nontraditional universities to make its tests the gold standard.”(37)
Calling college education into question, as it exists at this point, one of the major concerns is the enormous cost of continuing education and earning a degree. Taking Murrays ideas into play the American education could be in for a huge redevelopment in the not too-distant future. I am not proposing that the university system as we know it would essentially become outdated, but absolutely restructured. Unquestionably with the billions of dollars in awards, now in place and the way we are divided among the social classes within American …show more content…
Those who are good enough become journeymen. The best become master craftsmen. This is as true of business executives and history professors as of chefs and welders. Getting rid of the BA and replacing it with evidence of competence -- treating post-secondary education as apprenticeships for everyone -- is one way to help us to recognize that common bond.”(37) This is true from fast food to the CEO of a company. No one is just born into their occupation, it takes time to learn anything, no matter the job you or anyone else is in you started at square one. So, in all actuality competency tests would just put you a rung further up the
He leads a very persuasive argument for the reader. Mounting criticism, more and more people will without a doubt start to question going to college .Will there be real value in earning a college diploma or will a university degree be nothing more than a costly status symbol, or will it truly be worth earning a college degree? “But when so many of the players would benefit, a market opportunity exists. If a high-profile testing company such as the Educational Testing Service were to reach a strategic decision to create definitive certification tests, it could coordinate with major employers, professional groups and nontraditional universities to make its tests the gold standard.”(37)
Calling college education into question, as it exists at this point, one of the major concerns is the enormous cost of continuing education and earning a degree. Taking Murrays ideas into play the American education could be in for a huge redevelopment in the not too-distant future. I am not proposing that the university system as we know it would essentially become outdated, but absolutely restructured. Unquestionably with the billions of dollars in awards, now in place and the way we are divided among the social classes within American …show more content…
Those who are good enough become journeymen. The best become master craftsmen. This is as true of business executives and history professors as of chefs and welders. Getting rid of the BA and replacing it with evidence of competence -- treating post-secondary education as apprenticeships for everyone -- is one way to help us to recognize that common bond.”(37) This is true from fast food to the CEO of a company. No one is just born into their occupation, it takes time to learn anything, no matter the job you or anyone else is in you started at square one. So, in all actuality competency tests would just put you a rung further up the