On Apr 5, 8:22 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
I work in education, and in recent years I
have graduated many people with doctorate and masters degrees in high-
tech areas whom I would consider frighteningly incompetent.

That's something of a self-indictment, isn't it? In what manner do you work
in education, "graduate" many "incompetents," and not have any culpability
in the matter?

Ah, now you are asking a more complicated question. Graduate degrees
are granted by examining committees, not by taking an exam in a
classroom. There are no A - F grades. There is lots of wiggle room,
and political pressure by committee members and administrators to
graduate as many students as possible. More students means more
revenue, and more (short term) reputation for the institutions, and
this can also affect tenure decisions. How many PhD or MS candidates
do you think fail at their oral defense? In many institutions, this is
0%.