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> Implied in finishing university is the expectation that you have been taught what you need to make it in the work place. Its part of the social contract. No.
by dozzie 9y ago
> Implied in finishing university is the expectation that you have been taught what you need to make it in the work place. Its part of the social contract.
No. That's not contract, it's a dumb expectation, though shared by many.
Vocational school is for training for a job. Universities have no sensible way
to teach how industry operates, while industry does have the capabilities for
teaching that.
- bjz_ 9y agoAgreed, and I think it's harmful to universities to expect that. We need universities to excel at what they are good at - preparing students to push the frontier of their field. They're not job factories for industry and shouldn't have to try to be.
- flukus 9y agoIME it's self inflicted harm, most of the university advertisements I see feed that expectation. Slogans like "education for the real world" and "industry focused" get thrown around all the time. Hard to blame students/society for expecting universities to work as advertised.