Non-executive directors are being required to prove their competence.
In most cases, students must prove their competence by completing at least one year of college first.
A number of financial experts have recommended a "financial driver's license" for older Americans to prove their competence.
We ought to allow them to quickly prove their competence, sit for the boards and start taking care of patients.
This culture has been allowed to develop because there is little accountability: independent observers do not regularly inspect schools, and teachers do not have to prove their competence in the classroom after they have been hired.
In an attempt to shorten the time they spent in limbo, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, passed in 1997, placed strict limits on the time given to parents to prove their competence.
"There are lots of opportunities for women to pitch in, prove their competence and learn a lot about governing and the political process," Ms. Hassan said in an interview.
Not everything comes easier: good-looking women seeking high-flying jobs in particularly male fields may be stymied by the "bimbo effect" until they prove their competence and commitment.
They are perpetually challenged to prove their competence.As is pointed out by Philip Booth, an economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a pro-market think-tank, the critique of capitalism in the papal exhortation is often heard among people "who have experience of the highly regulated, state-controlled pseudo-capitalist systems of South America".
Another MOOC provider, Coursera, provides paying students with a certificate of accomplishment, meant to help adults in their continuing education program prove their competence to future employers.
