Higher Education Conformity

I don't really have a lot of time for people who go around labelling others as "conformists". It's a bit of a content-free slur that seems to be the end of a thought process that goes like this:<p>1. Not many people agree with my opinions<p>2. But my opinions are obviously correct to anyone who has thought about it!<p>3. Therefore, nobody else has thought about it -- they're all mindless conformists, brainwashed into serving the interests of [insert favourite boogeyman here].

From the article: "in the last three decades the percentage of jobs requiring at least some college has doubled".<p>About 10 years ago, an acquaintance and former teacher noted a trend of qualification inflation. For example, in the UK, you need qualifications in numeracy and literacy as a pre-requisite for refuse collection. The job itself doesn't require these skills, its just a really easy method to eliminate candidates. For other jobs, certification and qualifications provides butt covering for employers.<p>Where does trend go? You'll need a degree and five years of training to do <i>any</i> job from burger flipping upwards. I hope another trend makes this situation moot because it would be dystopian to live in a society with such over-specialism.

An interesting argument.<p>Now think about this. You have to choose between two candidates, equal in every way except that one has college. Who would you choose? That's what I thought.