If high school was better, would we need college?
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If high school was better, would we need college?
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Re: If high school was better, would we need college?
#2If high school were better.
Perhaps we still need college?
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#3If high school were better. Perhaps we still need college?
Let's start by removing the CEGEP system here in Quebec...
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#4If high school were better. Perhaps we still need college?
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#5Exactly.
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#7Exactly.
Strange that we say our public education system is in need of desperate help, yet our colleges and universities are the best in the world.
[EDIT] To clarify, the sound bites I hear from politicians and university administrators are that our colleges and universities are the best in the world.
Personally, I do not agree. I could have written that better.
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#8Re: If high school was better, would we need college?
#9Exactly.
Strange that we say our public education system is in need of desperate help, yet our colleges and universities are the best in the world. [EDIT] To clarify, the sound bites I hear from politicians and university administrators are that our colleges and universities are the best in the world. Personally, I do not agree. I could have written that better.
Best in terms of what?
University reputations are built more around research than undergraduate or graduate education. The notion that the USA has the most reputable universities says more about the quality of research than education.
Re: If high school was better, would we need college?
#10Exactly.
Strange that we say our public education system is in need of desperate help, yet our colleges and universities are the best in the world. [EDIT] To clarify, the sound bites I hear from politicians and university administrators are that our colleges and universities are the best in the world. Personally, I do not agree. I could have written that better.
Only the elite ones, many of the community colleges are pretty bad. And at all levels they end up putting many freshmen through remedial courses to catch them up to where they should be.