Comments on: Paul Graham: It doesn’t really matter where you went to college, measured by startup success ratio http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/paul-graham-it-doesnt-really-matter-where-you-went-to-college-measured-by-startup-success-ratio/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: College Success http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/paul-graham-it-doesnt-really-matter-where-you-went-to-college-measured-by-startup-success-ratio/#comment-24230 College Success Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:30:32 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/paul-graham-it-doesnt-really-matter-where-you-went-to-college-measured-by-startup-success-ratio/#comment-24230 The Degree from an elite is often used a barrier to entry. People that hire on that qualification are often just justifying their own decisions in life. If the person hiring, graduated from an Ive League School he/she may look down on thesomeone with a "lessor degree". The real test of a college education should be the person’s ability to do a job competently. It seems this is not only about prestige but the level of the degree archived. Many progressions such as nursing and physical therapist require higher degrees to enter the workforce than in the past. This decreases the amount of available workers in the field and thus increases cost and lowers quality. The Degree from an elite is often used a barrier to entry. People that hire on that qualification are often just justifying their own decisions in life. If the person hiring, graduated from an Ive League School he/she may look down on thesomeone with a “lessor degree”.

The real test of a college education should be the person’s ability to do a job competently. It seems this is not only about prestige but the level of the degree archived. Many progressions such as nursing and physical therapist require higher degrees to enter the workforce than in the past. This decreases the amount of available workers in the field and thus increases cost and lowers quality.

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