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credentialism

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cre·den·tial·ism  (kr-dnsh-lzm)
n.
Overemphasis on diplomas or degrees in giving jobs or conferring social status: "Neo-liberalism made useful points in its critique of vested interests, of bureaucratic follies [and] of credentialism" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)


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One assumes that is what he would like the schools to foster, as against the trap of credentialism, but that is not spelled out.
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Most education and work studies have concentrated on Japan's gakureki shakai, the "academic credentialism society," showing how students proceed through academically oriented schools and examinations into prestigious universities and white collar jobs.
 
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