Against credentialism

Abstract The aim of this article is to examine critically—through a review of human capital and screening theories—the foundation of factional pressures for

In the 1970s, social scientists coined the term credentialism It is an ideology that puts formal education credentials above other ways of understanding

credentialise The main argument it puts forward is that employability cannot be understood without considering the actions of others and the social and

credentialise Rather, the charge against credential requirements is that they are simultaneously too restrictive and too lax They are too restrictive in