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Re:Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source S... by Ekaros on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:03AM (#27659180)
I don't really see why they shouldn't be understood as both. Specially in fields like CS, engineering, law, medicine and economics and so on. There is need for highly skilled and educated people in industry even for regular roles. On other hand there is also need for scientist and researches. Both roles are somewhat different, but I dont' see now reason why they couldn't be trained at same facilities.
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Re:Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source S... by enchiridion on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:13AM (#27659243)
Well I'll take a stab at why CS should not be vocational. The field is first and foremost a branch of applied mathematics. The tooling taught in a CS program only has utility insofar as it serves to teach the fundamental mathematical concepts. This is especially true for undergrad.

In my opinion, there are far too many people enrolled in CS programs who would be much better served by a software engineering degree or program. However, modifying the way CS is taught us not the answer. A separate niche needs to be carved out.

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Re:Why Computing Students Should Contribute to Open Source S... by hocuspocus on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:33AM (#27659374)
In many European countries, vocational schools (usually called universities of applied sciences, for instance Fachhochschule in DACH, IUT in France) offer just that.

Nowadays there are even bridges to "proper" universities if you want to pursue a more academic MSc after your vocational BSc.

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