Universities can’t fulfil the myth, but can’t become vocational schools either

Re:Universities can’t fulfil the myth, but can’t become voca... by mindcrime on Sunday June 01, 2014 @03:51AM (#7828487)

It would also help to reduce the "path dependence" problem by increasing the ability to tranfer courses between "vocational" training and "academic" training. Not to say you should necessarily get credit towards a B.S. degree for, say, a Welding course... but to the extent that it's possible, the English, Math, etc. should be as easily transferable as possible.

Why? So if you chose one option you aren't so tightly "locked in" later in life, if you desire a change (in either direction).

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Re:Universities can’t fulfil the myth, but can’t become voca... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday June 01, 2014 @04:00AM (#7828503)

I happen to be a boiler-maker / welder by trade. My last non-fabrication job was at an ISP doing project management, programmed maintenance, and fault response. I got the job because of my trade background. I've had to move to a ~100k population centre in another state so I'm back doing fabrication and getting paid a lot more for it.

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