2007-07-07 10:22:47 · 4 answers · asked by cr 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Part of post-secondary education is to prepare people for a career, both by instruction and by requiring students to be well organized and to produce consistent high-quality work under pressure.
The other part of college is still to educate people for its own sake. And I hope that will always be a priority.
2007-07-07 10:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by mr_fartson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to have to disagree with that. The main function of a college education is to teach people to open their minds and broaden their experiences to improve their thinking abilities.
Technical colleges prepare students for specific careers. However, the traditional college experience is designed to improve thought, insight, and critical thinking across a broad spectrum. That's why there are so many core classes to take no matter the major. If the primary purpose was a career field, history would be unnecessary for an engineering student and math for an English major.
Does that make sense, or am I way off base?
2007-07-07 10:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by Cathe B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it does not do what you declare it does and it has many purposes. human beings study existence skills at school (time administration, a thank you to say no to look tension, a thank you to cook dinner, a thank you to shelter oneself with out one's mommy). college does not prepare pupils for a profession as a results of fact many cases human beings choose added artwork adventure with a view to get a great pastime. this is totally tricky to land the suited profession with in basic terms a level.
2016-10-01 02:31:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always....think about the philosophy major. He's got a promising philosophy career ahead of him.
2007-07-07 10:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by Max 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋