Comments on: Is the modern University system the most practical way to train professionals like Engineers, Accountants etc?

By: ronald.glass@sbcglobal.net

ronald.glass@sbcglobal.net — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:02:59 +0000

I think you are correct in that the university system is not the best way to educate many professions including engineering and accounting. In Great Britain, medical doctors are trained for the medical profession right after high school (their equivalent) and omit the courses normally required in a liberal arts education or the first two years of a University in America. If I recall they spend four years in med. school followed by two years of internship and another year or two if they are in a specialty. Therefore, they can be out and practicing medicine after six years or 23 or 24 years old or 25 or 26 with a specialty. I think accountants and engineers should spend 2 years in a school or university and another 2 years as interns with a business. After this and passing an exam, they should be fully qualified (certificated engineer or chartered accountant). The same could be done for teachers, lawyers, and almost any profession. Your point is well taken and the system should be changed. Very good idea on your part.
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M.A. Economics 1968

By: peter m

peter m — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:24:59 +0000

Possibly;

And they are not just "expensive".

They are also faulty in that the university-trained engineers at least, have just built a massive high

rise building-the tallest in the world- while almost everyone else knows that these are almost

redundant,unsafe and just "citadels-to-professionals everywhere".

What i mean is that unnecessarily cram people into an area which uses too much energy and uses

vast amounts of funds (or money) to plan;to design and to execute/build.

And i make no apologies,in advance, for stating these by now obvious things!
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Some conciderable construction experience.

By: Angel Barbie

Angel Barbie — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:48:59 +0000

you need to do a more vocational course if you want to do engineering or accounting... i went to uni but that was because i wanted to work as an occupational therapist. the course was funded by a health authority bursary and we spent blocks out working in practice to gain practical hands on experience. to me it seems pointless doing a degree in something useless that qualifies you for nothing!
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By: Ratz

Ratz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:24:59 +0000

Training isn’t really the goal of a university, a well rounded liberal arts education is. Yes, maybe an apprenticeship or ‘vocational school’ is better for some professions, but isn’t the obvious solution to this to lower the cost of university? Every other country in the world manages to have excellent universities which cost half to a tenth what ours do.
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By: fishy man

fishy man — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:54:59 +0000

well, the universities are very well organized and structured for the learning - however, Love <3 is right, they are far overpriced - some of them to me seem just a tad crowded as well, i'd like them to be broken up a bit more
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By: Love <3

Love <3 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:48:59 +0000

Universities are expensive under a capitalist system which places money above all else ( Alarm Bell #1 ) I think the modern University system is the least practical way to train professionals (Alarm Bell #2) my opinion is based on my relations with people who graduated from Universities, in fact, I think the entire institutional education is complete crap starting from preschool ( Alarm Bell #3)
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Future accountant and computer scientist who ISN’T planning to go to a University.