Please read this article from the Huffington Post. Basically it states that 45% of college students don’t learn much in college. Pretty disappointing really, especially when you consider the amount of money and time that goes into the process. Is it the same in your country? I don’t think we have had a similar study in Australia and I often wonder at how effective our university and RTO training is. I have read over many years similar articles to this one which discuss the differences between university and vocational training. Interesting in this article that they advocate that each party should do what they were designed for. It appears that universities shouldn’t be concerned with employability skills. Do you think that is true? Personally I am not sure what the purpose of a degree is if it doesn’t provide the participant with the ability to use the learning outcomes in some practical way. Knowledge for knowledge sake appears to be extremely indulgent considering a lot of tax payer’s money goes into the programs. Vocational training obviously has a very set purpose in mind – prepare the participant for work but due to competition we have often seen course durations dropping over time which must mean that programs are often rushed and lacking in sufficient detail. So maybe, coming back to the start of this post, we could find that a study of how much people are learning in university and vocational programs in Australia could be quite disappointing. What do you think?
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