On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, David Krings wrote: > See, I consider a university not to be a continuation of high school. A > university is supposed to train interested candidates in a field of choice > with the goal to make them subject matter experts in that field.
Yes, exactly! > This is how > many other university systems in the world understand "higher education". One > reason why foreign specialists are so attractive to US businesses... Yep. > and the > fact that under H1B via the employees are tied to the company and can be made > to do the same job for less money. > I think the liberal arts model is purely used for the reason that most high > school graduates are not ready for university studies. Which to me mens they probably should not be in university until they've decided what they want to do. > Maybe with better trained university graduates the > need for certifications would be a moot point. Totally agree. Maybe the fact that you and I were NOT educated in the US gives us a different view on higher education. -- Aj. _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
