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By: Breakfast is nice

Breakfast is nice — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 06:44:30 +0000

The old system in the UK was good I think, only 10% go to uni, but its free. Now its expensive and everyone has to. The signalling function is an equilibrium feature even if not socially optimal. Better to restrict entrance with a few places at high end uni so that people who are serious about learning have to compete for them and people that want to blow money while getting drunk don’t have to do it in college.

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By: Beliavsky

Beliavsky — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:06:46 +0000

There has been a case where the EEOC said requiring a high school diploma may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“Employers are facing more uncertainty in the wake of a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission warning them that requiring a high school diploma from a job applicant might violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The development also has some wondering whether the agency’s advice will result in an educational backlash by creating less of an incentive for some high school students to graduate.

The “informal discussion letter” from the EEOC said an employer’s requirement of a high school diploma, long a standard criterion for screening potential employees, must be “job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.” The letter was posted on the commission’s website on Dec. 2.

Employers could run afoul of the ADA if their requirement of a high school diploma “‘screens out’ an individual who is unable to graduate because of a learning disability that meets the ADA’s definition of ‘disability,’” the EEOC explained.”

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By: Luke Somers

Luke Somers — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:23:43 +0000

Same.

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By: JadeNekotenshi

JadeNekotenshi — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:01:27 +0000

Is it weird that my first thought here was of Babylon 5’s Nightwatch? I was a little puzzled how it pertained to a domestic spying organization, though.

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By: AlexC

AlexC — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:40:24 +0000

Huh, and here I thought it was a reference to the fantasy film series actually titled Night Watch.

It is indeed distressing to me if Game of Thrones is more popular among nerds than Terry Pratchett, but that might at least be a pond-side difference.

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By: Bruno

Bruno — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:28:44 +0000

I am a German who lived in the US for a while and I strongly dispute “best”. Otherwise, really interesting insight, thx.

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Watcher’s Council winners for June 12, 2015 — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:13:41 +0000

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Link Archive 5/7/15 – 6/16/15 » Death Is Bad — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:35:35 +0000

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By: Ben K

Ben K — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:25:59 +0000

To be fair, the degree to teach English in Japan is a visa requirement before anything else – you need a degree to be eligible for the sponsored work visa. If you get yourself a working holiday visa off your own bat and go to Japan, they will happily give you the same English teaching job that you would otherwise need a degree for.

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By: Subbak

Subbak — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:08:08 +0000

If there is a demand for degrees, people will get them at institutions that offer them for cheaper. Institutions without huge-ass campuses, prestige buildings, or absurd salary for administration.

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