So Boucher proceeded to construct a twenty-question examination that any futurist
educated according to the original "Agenda" should be able to pass. He said he envisions
his exam for the B. A. level but is sure most futurists would view it as a PhD
examination. However, Boucher suggests that "they are probably not asked on any level
in any field at any institution of higher education these days, and, judging by the 'futures'
literature, it seems certain that virtually all of today's practicing futurists would flunk if
they had to provide reasonably sophisticated answers--theoretically grounded,
analytically sound, and historically informed--to even half of them. That is to say, had
there been 'serious progress', nearly everyone now associated with the teaching or
practice of futures research would be unqualified for a B. A. in their own area of
professional expertise.