The High School “diploma” today is equal to a 6th Grade “graduation” certificate a few decades back.
Companies are going to be hiring complete ignoramuses who cannot read, write or cipher (channeling Jethro).
I wonder why they are doing this. Hmmm...it’s a mystery.
Many college graduates can barely read as well these days. What they should be doing is avoiding people under 40. LOL.
Yep. And the average undergrad degree is at the level of an 8th-grade grad from that time.
No. The article later on says there is still a requirement to demonstrate the skills necessary to fill the position.
What is being eliminated is the requirement to spend four years and a considerable amount of money just to be able add “BA” or “BS” to their resume so they can get a check in the box when being screened for an entry level position that doesn’t really require it.
The downstream impact to this transition will be an intensified demand that students graduating high school are really able to confidently read, write and do arithmetic at grade level. Education professionals are not going to like that.
Also career preparation community college-level courses might be significantly expanded to serve as a backstop to public school system shortcomings/failures and as a job training /applicant screening measure. To some extent, community colleges already do this with certificates and specific industry-focused curricula. What can be envisioned is an expansion of the demand for the general skills courses in the three “R”s since many office/retail jobs will train a generally literate employee on the specifics of their position.