Students certainly have the right to choose between an academic program focusing on the arts and providing critical thinking skills and a more vocationally oriented course helping them obtain specific job training.But,as you state,they also should be informed of the consequences of their choices and must accept responsibility for them.It makes no sense for someone to incur significant debt obtaining a BA only to discover that they cannot get a good paying job.Good jobs must be “earned” by acquiring the ability to serve deliver goods/services desired by others in a marketplace.
Mr Black
Thanks for a great article.
Have a look at the link enclosed from yesterdays “Rigzone”, a respected Oil Industry publication. The first line says that Canadian Oil Companies are being forced to recruit out-of-country to find workers. Canada is seen as the “Land of Opportunity” – for non-Canadians. http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=125381
By jobs training we really mean skills training. Skills are things you develope over considerable practice. To a great extent you mean trades.
If the schools are going to stream everone to age 18 as academics, children are not going to develope ‘work’ skills.
So it looks like schooling needs to review its proper role in ‘work’ training.
And perhaps parents have to instill certain basics with regard to ‘work’.
Since when did going to a university have anything to do with getting a job? Professional and Business Schools YES. Technical and Training Schools YES. Universities, particularly undergraduate programs, almost NEVER. Your premise is not totally based on the history of universities.
Notwithstanding this broad statement, I agree with you that in this day and age, if YOU are going to GO to a UNIVERSITY and spend all that time and money, you had better come out of it with a JOB!
Thanks for the overview on this important topic.
Students certainly have the right to choose between an academic program focusing on the arts and providing critical thinking skills and a more vocationally oriented course helping them obtain specific job training.But,as you state,they also should be informed of the consequences of their choices and must accept responsibility for them.It makes no sense for someone to incur significant debt obtaining a BA only to discover that they cannot get a good paying job.Good jobs must be “earned” by acquiring the ability to serve deliver goods/services desired by others in a marketplace.
Steve Chipman | April 1, 2013 |
Mr Black
Thanks for a great article.
Have a look at the link enclosed from yesterdays “Rigzone”, a respected Oil Industry publication. The first line says that Canadian Oil Companies are being forced to recruit out-of-country to find workers. Canada is seen as the “Land of Opportunity” – for non-Canadians.
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=125381
Del Trobak | March 30, 2013 |
By jobs training we really mean skills training. Skills are things you develope over considerable practice. To a great extent you mean trades.
If the schools are going to stream everone to age 18 as academics, children are not going to develope ‘work’ skills.
So it looks like schooling needs to review its proper role in ‘work’ training.
And perhaps parents have to instill certain basics with regard to ‘work’.
gordon a.... | March 30, 2013 |
Since when did going to a university have anything to do with getting a job? Professional and Business Schools YES. Technical and Training Schools YES. Universities, particularly undergraduate programs, almost NEVER. Your premise is not totally based on the history of universities.
Notwithstanding this broad statement, I agree with you that in this day and age, if YOU are going to GO to a UNIVERSITY and spend all that time and money, you had better come out of it with a JOB!
Thanks for the overview on this important topic.
Allan Purdy | March 30, 2013 |