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I don't think that's the problem. The problem is that Universities aren't punished for teaching inadequately. And when challenged, people justify it by saying,
by MillenialMan 5y ago
I don't think that's the problem. The problem is that Universities aren't punished for teaching inadequately. And when challenged, people justify it by saying, "ah, but this course that 90% of you took so that you could be prepared for a career as a developer wasn't really about being a developer."
- unishark 5y ago> The problem is that Universities aren't punished for teaching inadequately. They are punished in a way. It hurts a school to get a bad reputation among local companies for poorly-prepared grads. R1 research schools, particularly if they are public, may feel it less. But even then, the ones I've dealt with have always chased all the fads in trying to improve learning and metrics. A tenured professor who's just there for the research may choose to ignore it all of course.
- highmastdon 5y agoNot if every university is like that. Punishment will only happen when there will be that one university that has adequate courses and stands out above the rest
- MillenialMan 5y agoThis hasn't been my experience in practice. I went to a top-5 CS university in the UK and some of my classmates graduated almost unable to program (and they still, somehow, got jobs). Seeing that first-hand was extremely jarring. It didn't and still hasn't damaged the reputation of the university.