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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by _Codemonkeyism on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @01:21PM (#14971445)
PwC, E&Y and others dropped university requirement because they don't tell anything about people.

This is a downward spiral. Universities get less picky, A inflation, more money for universities but devaluing degrees. Companies catch on and drop the requirement for degrees.

"Our own internal research of over 400 graduates found that screening students based on academic performance alone was too blunt an approach to recruitment. It found no evidence to conclude that previous success in higher education correlated with future success in subsequent professional qualifications undertaken."

http://www.ey.com/uk/en/newsroom/news-releases/15-08-03---ey...

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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by olegkikin on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @01:41PM (#14971670)
Companies will not drop the requirement for degrees, they will simply want the degrees from the universities/colleges that don't engage in this nonsense.
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Re:Cal State will no longer require math and English placeme... by _Codemonkeyism on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:44AM (#14976457)
No, they have dropped the requirement, see the source.
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