Update to my Update

Some months, ago I commented on two mediocre hiring events. I recently heard that a month or two after my piece, one of the two was quietly let go. The group apparently kept him for two years, initial contract?, but enough was ultimately enough. Two years of salary and other costs were wasted, but more importantly, two years of academic progress and success were denied to students.

smh

**Please leave your questions and comments below.**

Further reading

https://teaching-abc.blogspot.com/2021/09/updatemediocre.html

https://teaching-abc.blogspot.com/2021/02/mediocre-hires.html

Standards matter, so what happened?

I was sent this story about a New Zealand engineering college where 80% of its students failed a standards-based examination. While I think that the situation may be a little murkier than it appears, and the reporting does not answer all my qurestions, it does raise two interesting points. Firstly, should a licensing body have a minimum standard for registration, a "bar" if you will? Secondly, who is responsible if an individual fails to meet that bar?