How to seek academic validation after graduation?
A question for the academic nerds out there
22-25, M
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SandWitch · 26-30, F
On a level playing field, there is no such thing as "academic validation after graduation" if all graduates walk out of university with the same Degree in their hand.
The whole point of going to university years ago, was to elevate oneself above the crowd who typically carried no more than a high school graduation diploma in their hand at the time. But today, a university education is irrelevant if everyone has earned the same academic credential as each other, yet none of those graduates have any practical experience in the labor market because they've spent all their time in school reading about it, but learning nothing specific as it pertains to industry. Always remember that a university Degree doesn't train you to do anything, but it does validate your ability to learn.
What results from equalized credentials in the labor market is what's known as "a race to the bottom". That means that an equalized academic credential base leaves none of the candidates with any leverage over the other candidates except their individual willingness to do the job for less money than what the company was willing to pay in the first place.
Whoever will do the job for the least amount of money is NOW who gets hired for the job, which means academic validation doesn't exist in the real world.
The whole point of going to university years ago, was to elevate oneself above the crowd who typically carried no more than a high school graduation diploma in their hand at the time. But today, a university education is irrelevant if everyone has earned the same academic credential as each other, yet none of those graduates have any practical experience in the labor market because they've spent all their time in school reading about it, but learning nothing specific as it pertains to industry. Always remember that a university Degree doesn't train you to do anything, but it does validate your ability to learn.
What results from equalized credentials in the labor market is what's known as "a race to the bottom". That means that an equalized academic credential base leaves none of the candidates with any leverage over the other candidates except their individual willingness to do the job for less money than what the company was willing to pay in the first place.
Whoever will do the job for the least amount of money is NOW who gets hired for the job, which means academic validation doesn't exist in the real world.
