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credentialism

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cre·den·tial·ism  (kr-dnsh-lzm)
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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.
Training teachers: is it a lost cause? by Glazer, Nathan / Education Next
Royal Credentialism * Rebates for the Rich * Blockbuster Legal Fees Dangerous Police Games * Jackie's Cynicism
Tilting at Windmills by PETERS, CHARLES / Washington Monthly
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.
School to Work Transition in Japan: An Ethnographic Study by Creighton, Millie R. / Pacific Affairs
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