Credentialism and the Crisis of Education: Why Experience Still Matters

Credentialism has transformed education into a race for qualifications. This article critiques its impact and champions experiential learning for real equity.
Credentialism has transformed education into a race for qualifications. This article critiques its impact and champions experiential learning for real equity.
Exploring how Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of capital, habitus, fields, and symbolic violence reveal the hidden barriers faced by neurodivergent people.
Has the modern world outgrown Weber’s iron cage, Marx’s alienation, and Orwell’s surveillance state—only to enter a new form of control? In an era where tech monopolies act as digital landlords, individuals no longer own but rent, their lives dictated by algorithmic oversight and data extraction. Is this progress, or have we simply traded one system of domination for another?