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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I don't think that is the case in BC, and, more to the point, in BC we have one trade school, BCIT, as opposed to 6 universities, now granted there are other ways to get your apprentice done but as a society here and elsewhere we are massively committed to getting everyone to take a degree but barely interested in getting kids into trades.
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Here in Calgary, we have Mount Royal University. When it was a college, it provided thousands of students a year with practical 2-year diploma programs that led directly to jobs. Ten years ago, after decades of lobbying by the college, it was granted university status. Now all those programs take four years and cost twice the money to complete. And the graduates are no better prepared for the job market than the ones who graduated when they were diploma programs.
So who were the winners? Not students. Not their parents. Not employers. The only winners were college administrators and instructors.
The post-secondary education system is ripe for disruption. All it will take is a some high-profile employers to recognize the degrees of alternative-delivery schools, and the whole rotten edifice of traditional university will crumble.