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by KerrAvon
59 days ago
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Care to elaborate? This sounds like a prelude to an argument to funnel more people into vocational schools/more funding for vocational schools. (Not a criticism! I don't personally feel informed enough to have an opinion on this subject.) |
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The prime example is that most software roles in the economy are (or where, perhaps AI will change this, I do not know) simple web-dev/CRUD/SQL roles. Specifically Python/JS was a high-demand skill. This pushed universities to get rid of lower level courses such as concurrency/computer architecture, C/C++/assembly, or more maths based modules such as logic, in favour of more web-dev/software/AI/data-science modules.
One could (and I do) argue that this is effectively turning computer science degrees into more of a software engineering degrees piece by piece, thus turning univerisities into vocational schools.
Now here lies the question. Is this correct? Should universities be vocational schools? Or should they be seperate? Personally my feeling is that universities are not set up well for this method of teaching, and it would be much better for everyone involved if the students were instead taught through apprenticeship or vocational schools, which tend to be significantly cheaper (or even pay) for the student, whilst making sure that the university degree can stay focused within academia and funneling a good research pipeline.
Instead my view is that politicans have pushed many young adults into expensive degree programs that they did not need, with the false promise that it would give them emplolyement (which was never the goal of a university in the first place). This isn't good for the students (who are saddled with debt), the employers (who end up having to train the juniors anyway) or the economy (which now has less money in it due to the large drain on disposable income from student loan repayments).