Definition of credentialism in English:
credentialism
noun krɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)mkrəˈden(t)SHəˌlizəm
mass nounBelief in or reliance on academic or other formal qualifications as the best measure of a person's intelligence or ability to do a particular job.
credentialism is to a large degree responsible for people assuming that they need a degree
Example sentencesExamples
- Experience and expertise are welcome; credentialism, however, can wait in the hall.
- This credentialism culture is so strong that companies may allow their employees to take educational leave without pay or even with pay.
- We've fallen for the sham of credentialism because we can no longer be certain than anyone has a solid basis to function professionally, and so we're forced to trust institutional awards.
- It's a great trait if you're an employer looking to fill your ranks with obedient cogs, not so great if you want to end crass credentialism.
- Credentialism is another attempt by firms and industries to reduce liability.
- As someone who's been essentially self taught in most academic fields, I find the increasing credentialism very loathsome.
- In higher education, she perceives a turning away from learning in favor of credentialism.
- Downsizing and rising credentialism are factors that have affected careers during the 1980s and 1990s, resulting in spiral and transitory career patterns becoming more common.
- Yet another factor affecting today's youth, and one reason why they are slower to leave home, is rising skill requirements or escalating credentialism.
- Educational institutions are evaluated not on the basis of rigorous standards but instead on the basis of a system of credentialism that is self-referential.
- Kierans did not share the technocratic credentialism that would eventually make the MBA degree such a hot academic commodity.
- In some occupations at least, the creep of credentialism is due to our legal system and those masters of hindsight, lawyers.
- Increasing access and availability necessarily brings with it increased pressure for "practical" instruction and results, and a kind of credentialism that makes academics twitchy.