You’re obviously missing the point. The testing and writing procedures and requirements contained in the accreditation process for higher education was supposed to serve as the ultimate measurement of how well (or how poorly) students performed at the end of their education cycle. Lawyers, physicians, PA’s nurse practitioners and most professions like these all have to pass required written and oral exams over materials presented in their course in order to successfully complete them. Accreditation is a standardized process and thus each school “accredited” to provide an education in [pick your field] must present similar curricula. Included in this process are clinical rotations that also must be performed to standard in order to pass.
Why, then, are these people subjected to ANOTHER round of testing by the State(s) - testing that consists of primarily the *same* materials (and again, always for a fee)? And THEN they must pay to be “licensed,” even though they’ve already proven, twice or even three times, they are competent to practice. It’s ridiculous and unnecessary.
My, how ever did we get along without the blessing of government?
Mississippi was one of the last states to have diploma privileges for the state law school. When Mississippi College got accreditation, they had to take the bar exam. They sued, and Ole Miss grads had to start taking the bar exam. First time out, the pass rate for Ole Miss grads was horrible. Show what the Ole Miss law degree was worth compared to other law schools. Suddenly, a bunch of folks that could have started practicing law upon graduation were kept out until they knew a bit more than they were learning in their accredited university.
On the other hand, I ran across a guy who was complaining that he’d failed the Georgia bar exam 10 times. That wasn’t you, was it?