It's unfortunate that Mr. McGugan didn't think a bit before he wrote this article; his "excellent ideas" show this clearly. A person who has, say, a degree in economics is not an economist, just as a person who has a degree in political science is not a scientist (nor a politician, for that matter,) a person with a degree in physics is not a physicist, etc. The simple fact is that, aside from professional programs (which already have the standardized accreditation exams that Mr. McGugan touts,) degrees are not job-trainings, and to insist that everything be some form of job training means eliminating most programs entirely, which might save money but would do nothing to improve the return on investment numbers. Rather, the aim should be to insist that industry and commerce do its own training, as they have historically done, instead of foisting that job, and its cost, on universities and colleges ill-suited to the task.