In a country where they require people to have at least two years of college to work in a call center. Where even jobs in sales require you to have a BA, can’t help but agree.<\/p>\n
Down with the B.A., and Long Live Education
\nThat could be the rallying cry of Charles Murray in this month\u2019s Cato Unbound. Suppose, he argues, we were to give the job of designing our higher education system to an expert, and that expert gives us the following proposal:
\nFirst, we will set up a single goal to represent educational success, which will take four years to achieve no matter what is being taught. We will attach an economic reward to it that often has nothing to do with what has been learned. We will urge large numbers of people who do not possess adequate ability to try to achieve the goal, wait until they have spent a lot of time and money, and then deny it to them. We will stigmatize everyone who doesn\u2019t meet the goal. We will call the goal a \u201cBA.\u201d
\nMad, says Murray. A terrible system.
\nDown with the B.A., and Long Live Education (Cato-at-liberty)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a country where they require people to have at least two years of college to work in a call center. Where even jobs in sales require you to have a BA, can’t help but agree. Down with the B.A., and Long Live Education That could be the rallying cry of Charles Murray in this … <\/p>\n