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Implement a foundational year, similar to the Ciclo Básico Común (CBC) in Argentina, my country, which all students must pass to move on to their chosen majors.
by EMIRELADERO 3y ago
Implement a foundational year, similar to the Ciclo Básico Común (CBC) in Argentina, my country, which all students must pass to move on to their chosen majors. This serves both as a basic foundation for all students and acts as a filter to manage the number of students who continue to the specific fields of study.
For some highly competitive fields, like medicine or law, an entrance exam is implemented. This isn't a comprehensive test like the SAT or ACT, it's specific to the field of study.
- rg111 3y agoOne extra year of study before beginning the major will be prohibitively expensive for the lower middle class and the poor people.
- EMIRELADERO 3y agoIn my country's case, the colleges where the CBC is implemented are public and free for all students on the undergrad level (subsidized by taxes) and very affordable for masters/PhD.
- amadeuspagel 3y agoThe expense is the opportunity cost, the time spent not working for money.
- Jtsummers 3y agoYou can work and go to school at the same time.
- rg111 3y agoYes, that's what I meant. People like us are blessed to not have to hustle to earn since we are 18 yos. But I have seen, first hand, people dropping out of really good opportunities when they have the smallest chance to earn an income.
- pessimizer 3y agoDon't have a broken, monstrously expensive educational system?
- eikenberry 3y agoIt wouldn't need to require an extra year. The courses available in that first year could be general courses which apply to all majors.
- rg111 3y agoThat's a good solution, but works only for not-so-involved subjects? If you want to study Physics, CS, etc., then, this will not possibly work. Unless we make papers common to multiple majors.