AQB's latest dumbing down by 'Stakeholders' Dropping the College Degree Requirement

[gregb]

The actual and real barrier to entry into the field of appraisal (the independent fee sector) is the diminution in fees.

 

[Tim Hicks (Texas)]

One thing is for sure, it will do no good to just wait and see what happens and then complain about it.

But, but that is what we do around here.

 

[TerryRohrer]

In my view, there have never been significant barriers to entry into the appraisal field during the past 40 years. The forces currently underway are to remove "any" barriers of any kind, and we will probably end up with the state paying some to take a license. Reminds me of the cartoon handed out at the end of my first appraisal class in February, 1987. A goofy looking dude with the caption, "Ate days ago, I cutn't even spell 'aprazer', and now I are one!"

 

[Surf Cat]

The actual and real barrier to entry into the field of appraisal (the independent fee sector) is the diminution in fees.

Not just the diminution of fees....but diminution of a human analysis.

The force is strong with artificial intelligence. The desire to eliminate humans for greater profits outweigh the need to circulate, distribute and exchange funds for goods and services. Not just in appraising, but in many sectors....

PAREA was born out of pandering for votes. It's a pyramid scheme.... if you get in early on the pyramid scheme, you make all the profits. The people last in the pyramid scheme lose their investment and make nothing....

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

The question that the AQB has been asked to address, and the question they have presented for public comment is, is the degree requirement truly a necessary requirement?

If you are going to require a degree, then we need a degree in appraisal which would blend Real Estate, banking, math and analytics, and building science all rolled in one....and, of course, that would be inadequate for those 'on the fringe' - foresters, personal property, gemologists, minerals, water rights, airplane & marine surveyors...appraisal is a wide field.

 

[jay trotta]

Just a side bar;
Some of the most successful tech companies in U.S. history started from humble beginnings. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs built the tech giant’s first computer model in a garage—and Dell’s founder started his $62 billion legacy from his dorm room. Another thing they have in common—they were both college dropouts.

So much for the theory that a college degree is THE solution. Human intelligence is adaptable and therefore, field work by many is an education and should not be slighted, but embraced.

 

[chad hampton]

Want me to provide a list of people that dropped out of college after a semester or two and didn’t amount too much? Listen, I have plenty of friends who didn’t go to college or went for a few years and it just wasn’t for them. I don’t even think college is that important today. but for a profession that has very little barriers to entry to begin with, requiring a few college level courses isn’t a bad idea. How’s it going to look when a 19-year-old shows up to appraise your house?

 

[J Grant]

Just a side bar;
Some of the most successful tech companies in U.S. history started from humble beginnings. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs built the tech giant’s first computer model in a garage—and Dell’s founder started his $62 billion legacy from his dorm room. Another thing they have in common—they were both college dropouts.

So much for the theory that a college degree is THE solution. Human intelligence is adaptable and therefore, field work by many is an education and should not be slighted, but embraced.

He is the excdpionn

Just a side bar;
Some of the most successful tech companies in U.S. history started from humble beginnings. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs built the tech giant’s first computer model in a garage—and Dell’s founder started his $62 billion legacy from his dorm room. Another thing they have in common—they were both college dropouts.

So much for the theory that a college degree is THE solution. Human intelligence is adaptable and therefore, field work by many is an education and should not be slighted, but embraced.

He is the exception an and a HS grad like this with enormous drive and innovative talent would never chose to become an appraiser -

the reality is most HS grads are stuck in low earnings, rote unless they take steps to learn a trade or a profession. A rare few are entrepreneurs or innovators, and the many college grads are not innovating billionaires either - though more are in high earnings and powerful positions overall -

 

[Surf Cat]

I was quite taken aback when my son went to high school and found there was no wood shop, auto shop, metal shop, home economics. All that was gone.

The mantra was push for college, which college are you going to go to? Those grades aren't good enough for college...

I really do feel that no one can take away from you what a good education has given you. Having said that, the expectation of "all kids" going to college from colleges that contribute to political action committees and ignore the trades is rearing its ugly head. Many of these kids coming out of college are not seeing their return on investment and are working in menial jobs.

I feel the United States should focus more education on skilled labor. Not everyone is suited for a white coller career. No wonder there's a significant increase in depression and these kids are confused on who or what they want to be....

 

[J Grant]

I was quite taken aback when my son went to high school and found there was no wood shop, auto shop, metal shop, home economics. All that was gone.

The mantra was push for college, which college are you going to go to? Those grades aren't good enough for college...

I really do feel that no one can take away from you what a good education has given you. Having said that, the expectation of "all kids" going to college from colleges that contribute to political action committees and ignore the trades is rearing its ugly head. Many of these kids coming out of college are not seeing their return on investment and are working in menial jobs.

I feel the United States should focus more education on skilled labor. Not everyone is suited for a white coller career. No wonder there's a significant increase in depression and these kids are confused on who or what they want to be....

Not everyone is cut out for a profession and not everyone is cut out for a trade.
The college imparts critical thinking skills needed for a profession such as appraising and it levels teh playing field to ex-lude the dense and the stupid. There are too many of them in appraisal and we see it in teh posts here where they were able to memorize enough to pass a test for a license but then have no idea how to apply it in practice, and some of them are so cowed and intimidated by a client or homeowner they look to appease them rather than meet the standards of the profession - they drag the profession down to their level,.