STEM education has surely gotten dumbed down over the years, but I have seen no evidence that this has extended to the licensing exams for professional engineers. That’s usually where the wheat is separated from the chaff.
Agreed. This explains why the Obamas never got their law licenses. I took national boards for my vet license followed a few years later with another 8 hour exam board to be certified in veterinary toxicology. Once I passed national boards for my vet license I made damn sure never to let it lapse. Annual CE credits are required to keep it. By comparison, most state boards are far less rigorous.