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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Any kind of expansion of public funding of schools needs to make use of community colleges both as a gateway into 4 year schools and for 1 or 2 year vocational specific programs.
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Or we could do the opposite. Like turning Mount Royal from a perfectly good college for career-focused 2-year programs into just another general 4 year degree-granting university.
Better for students? Nope - now they spend 4 years to get accreditation that used to take 2.
Better for parents or whoever else is paying? Nope - now it costs twice as much.
Better for employers? Nope - now instead of getting graduates who specialized in your field, you're getting generalists who may or may not have expertise and interest in the career in question.
Better for educators and administrators? You bet. More jobs and more money. So I guess we know whose interests these institutions serve.
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I don't know if there is a bigger waste of public and parent money and student's time than first year students sitting in a lecture hall with 100 other kids listening to a tenured professor who doesn't want to be teaching the class, and is likely not even an effective communicator.
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It really is incredible that we'll line up to pay for such a degraded experience. I don't know if we even expect the educational experience itself to be of any value - ultimately, everyone is just paying for a ticket that opens some doors 4+ years later.
If there's any sector ripe for tech disruption, it's post-secondary education.