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Ask HN: Discrimination based on education?

2 pointsby peterchonabout 11 years ago
Could turning away job applicants for their lack of college education be considered discrimination?

2 comments

valarauca1about 11 years ago
No because education is standard practice, and the water mark by with proficiency with the absence of experience is measured by.<p>While I&#x27;ll admit a lot of CS courses, security courses, etc. are complete and total garbage. I&#x27;ve had community college professors tell me Object Orienting programming was a fad, and really not worth dwelling on. Because if your going to earn any money in software it&#x27;ll be with COBOL or FORTRAN which don&#x27;t have those fancy things.
kjs3about 11 years ago
Assuming a US jurisdiction, no, according to the EEOC. See: <a href="http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eeoc.gov&#x2F;laws&#x2F;types&#x2F;index.cfm</a>.