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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·12 days agoI suspect it’s a case of “shit rolls downhill”. The central government wants to prevent scam schools that don’t produce employable graduates. As a result, they penalize colleges whose graduates don’t find employment. Instead of helping their graduates, colleges find it easier to punish them.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-212 days agoSeems to be a classic case of Goodhart’s law turned bad.
I suspect it’s a case of “shit rolls downhill”.
The central government wants to prevent scam schools that don’t produce employable graduates. As a result, they penalize colleges whose graduates don’t find employment.
Instead of helping their graduates, colleges find it easier to punish them.
Seems to be a classic case of Goodhart’s law turned bad.