They could cut their courses down by a year and not have to have such large loans to help them through. It seems to me that most students only have a few hours lectures per week and spend a great deal or time networking, which is very useful for their future contacts but ...........
2006-08-13 12:25:53 · 9 answers · asked by AndyPandy 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
That is correct. Like many things in our capitalist-consumerist society, the education system is organised to suit those in power and not those who want to learn and progress.
By keeping the purse-strings of students tight, the controllers of industries and states make sure they have a maximum influence on them and can select at will those who suit them for jobs in the future. It also takes away independence - and even the idea of independence - from most students and turns them into a bunch of formatted, pidgeon-holed worker bees who support the system as it is and won't ever ask questions.
There are some countries who have different systems, and as it happens, I was lucky enough to go through one of those. We had trimesters instead of semesters, which means we did in 2 years what most students do in 3 years. We also had a much higher than usual work load and more discipline than most students of today. We did not have time for big parties and drinking sessions, and we all got great degrees and very good carreers.
If you don't know where to find this great system or want to know more details, feel free to contact me.
2006-08-13 21:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This may come as a shock to students, but universities are there to gain grant money not to spend all their time teaching students. That is where a good university makes most of its money. To get the grants, academics spend a huge amount of time writing grants. The whole of the summer is spent writing grants, conducting research, and writing publications (many do not even take a quarter of their annual leave a year, especially junior staff - that's around 5 days holiday). That is what academics are employed to do. Teaching undergraduates is pretty much a side line that provides a steady income to the university - put they get very little per student compared to teaching postgraduate students. Good universities will never lose their summer vacation because the good research active staff will leave and go elsewhere and take their grant money with them.
2006-08-13 23:26:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see your point, that is the students were focused primarily on course work and not taking time for holidays, then they would get done sooner and have less debt.
The problem with that is that there are professors that would be unwilling to give up their personal life and family life to devote all their time to teaching as they would have to do to make your suggestion a reality.
I believe that there would be a sharp drop in teachers and professors if your type of schedule was to be put in place, therefor there would be no one to teach the students that you are trying to get through college in such a short time.
2006-08-13 12:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by whatelks67 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Students might take 14 credit hours of class. One rule of thumb says you should spend 2-3 hours doing homework for each hour of class - that pretty much makes it a full-time job. And many students also work part time, don't have the money up front to pay for school.
2006-08-13 12:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Holidays give us more time to spend on here correcting peoples answers. Sorry you suggested that there are not any female priests as an answer to my question. I am a member of the established Church in England and we certainty do have female priests.
2006-08-13 13:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by Paul G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...but nothing. That is what I did and I am now 29, have a masters in Finance, an MBA and 4 companies. And by the way I get more action now than I did back in university.
2006-08-13 12:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by The Dude 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you've got a point there. In fact condense the course and a year tops before graduation would be great, don't you think??
2006-08-13 12:29:48 · answer #7 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "holidays" in universities are reading breaks.
2006-08-13 12:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by tropical_sunrise1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are u nuts!! i need a break my course has continual assignements and hw and research bla bla....i need a break and if my course was condensed i couldn't work and therefore go to uni due to no money to live
2006-08-13 12:33:17 · answer #9 · answered by bee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋