It’s very hard to measure true merit. A good college degree(s) CSN admittedly be a rough proxy in that it demonstrates an ability to focus and perform required tasks. In previous times, it also certified some intelligence, reasoning ability, and subject matter qualification. Except for engineering and the hard sciences, those college outcomes Are mostly lacking nowadays. The commies jade destroyed much of academia into little more than communist party indoctrination centers that inculcate hostile and dysfunctional attitudes, racism, and “entitlement” in place of honest American values, positive ambition, and any other attributes for productivity and success at work or in life. ———- so most college degrees are worthless at best nowadays, and the feds are simply recognizing reality by discounting them in the hiring process. Indeed, much of the real world outside government has recognized this fact years for several years already. BUT I MUST SAY I’m concerned that this casting aside of verifiable standards might lead a future administration to turn our civil service into more of A political patronage charade than it already is. Imho, a really positive first step now will be to cut the federal payroll in half
“It’s very hard to measure true merit. ...”
A very good and in my opinion accurate post!
As Reagan might say, we won’t be abandoning universities; they abandoned us.
Wonderlic, it ain’t rocket science.