[nycphp-talk] Re: OT: webmaster test
Ajai Khattri
ajai at bitblit.net
Sat Apr 19 12:24:59 EDT 2008
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.
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Aj.
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