@SteveBellovin @adamshostack @gdinwiddie
Not wanting to put more words in Steve’s mouth, but speaking for myself:
Some grad programs (MSE or my spouse’s masters in speech/lang pathology) are explicitly professional certification, but even those that aren’t have a large element of acculturation and indoctrination: research PhD → here’s how to speak paperspeak & publish; MFA → here’s how to fit your voice into the art world’s hierarchy, etc.