Political theory

[sps]

I've long been of the view that in higher education we do our evaluation backwards: that how students allocate their energies between their various classes should be up to them, and that therefore the crucial role of examinations ought to be for pre-screening the students before they are admitted to courses, not to evaluate them on the way out.

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[swestrup]

Combining the two ideas, I can see how one might require entrance exams to enter a particular political arena, with the exams being more stringent the larger the arena (Presidential Candidacy exams would be Much tougher than the Mayoralty Exams). Then Universities might explicitly have Political Science curricula intended to groom someone for leadership and success in political arenas.

[hendrikboom]

I've once heard that, whatever the official story, this is how things happen at Tokyo U. It's so hard to get in, it's clear that everyone admitted is good enough to get a degree.

-- hendrik