thomblake comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 12 March 2010 08:31:12PM 1 point [-]

I agree with this analysis to some extent. I'm not sure I'm willing to grant that the primary purpose of universities is a way to sort workers, but that is a major thing they're used for, and I tend to argue at length that they should get out of that business. I argue as much as possible against student evaluation, grading, and granting degrees. One of the first arguments that pops up tends to be, "But how will people know who to hire / let into grad school?"

But I don't think it's the University's job to answer that question.