professionalization
IPA: prʌfˈɛʃʌnʌɫɪzˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act or process of professionalizing, or becoming professional.
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Examples of "professionalization" in Sentences
- Yet professionalization is a pyrrhic victory: We’ve won the battle but lost the war.
- I’d like to second Jim (#43) and say that over-professionalization is an enormous problem.
- Visit Wired to see the rest of this study, which outlines how technology has lead to the "professionalization" of sex work.
- This assumption has it backwards, because mass professionalization is an oxymoron; a professional class implies a minority of members.
- This chapter of climate and energy advocacy was marked by an unprecedented "professionalization," with new resources underwriting polling and campaign-style infrastructure that served many important purposes.
- And the history of liberal arts education suggests that many professors would like to keep it that way-a big part of the debates over general education curricula (here and elsewhere) have to do with the question of "relevance" or "professionalization" - with many defenders of traditional general education programs resisting the call to make their programs more relevant.