I've been reading this thread and see a common theme: corporations are selfish; corporations are driven by profit-motive; corporations will only educate you in the things that will make them money. My question to the people who say these things is: why is that bad?
Is there only *one* corporation out there? If corporate education catches on, and I believe it very well could, a variety of corporations would offer such education. They would train their students in the skills that they need their students to know. Sure it would be biased towards that company's profits. But if it is a wide-spread practice, the student has choices.
This scenario exists in today's University system. Different Univiersities have different specialties. Colorado State specializes in Veterinary Sciences, while University of Rochester specializes in optics. The same goes for liberal arts. Each school is known for what it teaches best.
Apply this concept to corporate education. Each company will teach what they need their students to learn to come work for them. A student then is faced with a choice. They decide who they would be interested in working for, what they would be interested in doing, and see if they can get accepted into that company's school. This provides them with education, and then probable job placement.
Of course, this is assuming that corporate education becomes a widespread practice. It has great potential. A few places offer it now, but imagine what great opportunities would present themselves it it became a staple part of the business budget. Twenty years ago, the same thing happened with PCs.
The key here is customized, specific, education. You *choose* what education you get by choosing where you go. It is just another step up past University. Why bother with all the extra electives?
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I've been reading this thread and see a common theme: corporations are selfish; corporations are driven by profit-motive; corporations will only educate you in the things that will make them money. My question to the people who say these things is: why is that bad?
Is there only *one* corporation out there? If corporate education catches on, and I believe it very well could, a variety of corporations would offer such education. They would train their students in the skills that they need their students to know. Sure it would be biased towards that company's profits. But if it is a wide-spread practice, the student has choices.
This scenario exists in today's University system. Different Univiersities have different specialties. Colorado State specializes in Veterinary Sciences, while University of Rochester specializes in optics. The same goes for liberal arts. Each school is known for what it teaches best.
Apply this concept to corporate education. Each company will teach what they need their students to learn to come work for them. A student then is faced with a choice. They decide who they would be interested in working for, what they would be interested in doing, and see if they can get accepted into that company's school. This provides them with education, and then probable job placement.
Of course, this is assuming that corporate education becomes a widespread practice. It has great potential. A few places offer it now, but imagine what great opportunities would present themselves it it became a staple part of the business budget. Twenty years ago, the same thing happened with PCs.
The key here is customized, specific, education. You *choose* what education you get by choosing where you go. It is just another step up past University. Why bother with all the extra electives?