Met with Rebecca Wilsonoff to go over the hood's education and career needs. We propose the following changes.
Post-Secondary Careers
After reviewing the list of available employment and surveying business owners and CEOs, we've come to the following conclusion. Many of the careers and jobs now require advanced education and we must meet that need.
A detailed survey of jobs and salaries was made. We then evaluated what level of education and skills companies required and created a chart.
Light green indicates high school diploma.
Medium green indicates associate's degree.
Dark green indicates bachelor's degree.
Deep Dark green indicates an advanced (master or PhD) degree.
(click photo to see all the requirements)
Since companies are now requiring advanced educational skills, we must provide residents with these opportunities. Opportunities for a high school diploma and bachelor's degree are available, however we must offer associate's degree as well as advanced degrees. Please note that these skill levels are different from technical training skills.
The goal of the public education is that every student graduate with at least a skill score of 1 in all 7 core skills and a skill score of 3 in at least three core skills. This is the bare minimum standard simnationally. This means that a student will graduate with at least a 13 on the Core Skills Evaluation.
Associate Degree (thanks to Sullivan for piloting this program)
Any resident of Apple Valley without a degree may undertake a correspondence course with Pierce University at any time. Tuition is $5,000 for the entire degree program and students must have at least a score of 15 on their entrance exam (Score on Core Skills Evaluation + #simyears work experience)
Advanced Degree
Any resident of Apple Valley with a bachelor's degree may undertake an advanced degree with Pierce University at any time. Tuition is $20,000 for the entire degree program and students must have at least a score of 35 on their entrance exam (Score on Core Skills Evaluation + #simyears work experience)
Further Restrictions
Some industries reserved the right to limit the type of degrees required before entering the field. They are listed below.
Medicine: Biology, Physics, Psychology
Natural Science/Science/Oceanography: Biology, Physics, Mathematics
Architecture: Art, Physics, Mathematics
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A more in depth look at this program will be available in the BTS Blog in a few days.
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Totally interesting idea here. I enlisted Carla's "associate" degree in my hood, as well, but I like that you require it for certain promotions too. That makes sense too.
ReplyDelete-RetroMaisie, thanks. There will be a more in depth update in the BTS blog in a few days.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I have never put much thought into the type of degrees my Sims would need for different careers - I've only really divided them into careers that need degrees and careers that don't. I really like this system though and I'm looking forward to reading a little more about it at BTS, when you post that update. :)
ReplyDelete-Carla, I'm excited about this new process, somethings don't make too much sense in the simish world and I look forward to another way to limit their money making abilities.
ReplyDeleteYou have really done your homework, girl! I'm SO impressed with the requirements you've made. I look forward to seeing your BTS blog, too! Maybe I can adapt some of these ideas to make things more difficult and interesting within my own Board of Education. LOL! (It's nice when your friends do all the 'leg' work for you, and then all I have to do is make it work in my own hood...heh-heh.)
ReplyDelete-SH, LOL! I do the same thing and modify existing concepts for my hood-including this program.
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