tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post114494159635246929..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: CredentialismStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1155849428654566472006-08-17T16:17:00.000-05:002006-08-17T16:17:00.000-05:00Ah, this brings me back. In particular to Charles...Ah, this brings me back. In particular to Charles Peters' old Washington Monthly and its many crusdaes, one of which was anti-credentialism. Peters also didn't like SAT-style exams for the civil service and other employment. He looked forward to people coming up with new kinds of pre-employment testing which would eliminate the need for a lot of school credentialing.<BR/><BR/>Alas, olvaldo is probably right that any possibility of this happening was destroyed by the Supreme Court in Griggs v. Duke Power (decided March 8, 1971). <BR/><BR/>Duke Power gave tests to its job appllicants. Whites did better than blacks on them. The Court held that this was a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 UNLESS the company could prove that the tests were very good predictors of how well applicants would do on the job. Given the tone of the opinion, and the attitude of the EEOC, most lawyers figured that in practise this would be impossible.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the Court specifically refused to hold a college degree requirment in violation, even though it would weigh more heavily on black than white job applicants.<BR/><BR/>The alternative testing/certification movement basically died.Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.com