tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post1952835504321389917..comments2024-03-29T09:05:29.819-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: A different kind of federal funding for scholarsChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-66546334422223632442012-07-26T00:15:30.746-04:002012-07-26T00:15:30.746-04:00I could see that you put so much effort in what yo...I could see that you put so much effort in what you are doing. Not only that, your writing style is really unique. I do hope you make more articles such as this. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.blog.earnmydegree.com/" rel="nofollow">online trade school</a></b>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501113625204052812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-86568064339314226282012-05-10T12:05:29.483-04:002012-05-10T12:05:29.483-04:00In the particular example you mention, the guy is ...In the particular example you mention, the guy is 51 and getting a PhD when he can't afford it? While I have friends (PhDs) on welfare, and I can envision circumstances under which I would need food stamps to provide for my family, I'm more confused than sympathetic in this case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-91439309574727962412012-05-10T11:15:18.942-04:002012-05-10T11:15:18.942-04:00I brought up that exact line over on In the Pipeli...I brought up that exact line over on In the Pipeline as well. It is, indeed, food for thought when it comes to thinking about what college and/or graduate school is supposed to accomplish. Is it to make individuals educated thinkers or is it to give them job skills?<br /><br />I'd spent a couple of years on my college's Alumni Executive board discussing this very issue in the context of trying to increase enrollment as a way to keep the school financially afloat. Administrators and professors had very different opinions on how to accomplish this, especially as to how it would impact the type of students that would enroll.<br /><br />The decision was to tap into a market need, namely nursing students. Many professors didn't like this idea because it wasn't going to bring in the 'scholar' type student, although I'm not sure I was that type of college student either, unless beer and pretty girls were scholarly pursuits...<br /><br />Is this the model that colleges, especially small colleges need to go in the future? Will it make them glorified trade schools? This was another fear that the professors where I went to school brought up.<br /><br />Which brings up the bigger question: Should we have more trade school graduates rather than college graduates?WCAnoreply@blogger.com