master's program and student anger
tremble Right now many students (like me) about whether and where to get a master's degree course and study further. The mirror reports now outraged by students of the University of Cologne, who fail at high NC strictly censoring its university.
plays the way I thought about this: is basically the Bachelor-Master system is a good idea. Not everyone needs 10 semester theoretical knowledge, especially in the everyday work is often the case that the theoretical knowledge is at best a basis, a lot of superfluous anyway. And not all constantly talk about lifelong learning? Contrary to other opinions can be thought of as working people also acquire academic knowledge, either through self-study, distance learning in education or training courses.
The idea of having a professional degree to provide for the masses and for the interested and good a degree is quite reasonable. The doctor's also no standard degree. Logically.
appear with this thought in mind, it only logical that just not for all undergraduate students to master space is available, but only for a fraction.
But apparently there is demand - What is it? The fact that students today are more interested in academic and research-based work? Probably not. I maintain that it is fear. A diffuse fear that only the best education is likely to later compete in the labor market and to get a good job. This is of course fueled by diehards who can not come to terms with the new system, and point to the low quality of bachelor's degrees.
Whether you get a (good) job, eh ; depends, however, prevent the social opinion not only on hard work and their own education but also to personal relations, general economic conditions and a large dose of luck. After all, there are certainly voices who question whether we still have enough jobs for all, or ever have? Keywords core unemployment. Somehow it seems so logical, that goes back with ever increasing productivity and technological progress, the required amount of man power. Apparently it's also true that disappear within an economic cycle lasting jobs. In a downturn, so work is substituted by capital (that is, people laid off and machinery bought). In this recovery process will now be made not easily reversed. Although it created new jobs, but not as much as in the last upswing.
consequence? Not the bachelor's degree is bad - would make all their master, there would probably not be more jobs. Instead, here is turn the labor market and society. Would prevail on the knowledge that it is not a personal foul is to be unemployed and it would be no social stigma, people probably would have less fear before. A fortiori, if these people will be financially secure as a citizen's income. Search recipe, create jobs, so that even people without qualifications working without end: Or as another alternative. Seems but after decades in which the policy of this recipe looks unlikely.
The Mirror article and the process of application to:
It is good in itself, that after a bachelor once again has the opportunity to apply for other universities and to specialize in other ways. (Eg Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Master). This is of course best if they apply for all, justice half should be selected and not protectionism prevail according to objective criteria. Such a move is obviously not a nice thing, but not a broken leg. Who outside of the university towns went to school had to move anyway and knows the procedure, since no one complains, why there is no county XY University.
What must be naturally, and objective criteria for selection (which are also understandable). One possibility is of course the NC for the course work. A letter of motivation could help for very specific programs, too. could to describe the motivation for a 8.15 Business Administration Master of course, be difficult to justify, why you are just interested in Industrial and Network Economics, is feasible and for student and Uni helpful. Exactly the same applies for internships abroad - can be a useful criterion, but does not. But why should you get involved socially, if you want to do research? Is a student in a party better suited for a master, as someone who in his spare time alone is more? Certainly not. In
Principle, one could conclude that the Cologne students in the article complain that the university reasonably objectively selects the students. Maybe they make the easy, because they only go on the NC. And perhaps this is unfair because the University of Cologne in fact strictly censored. But that is not a flaw of the Bologna reform, which does indeed express provision for ETCS-Note, which is a relative note, which should be suitable for comparison better. This certainly is potential for improvement.
to demand protectionism, however, is really, really wrong. And that next can go, if you bet everything on one card, of course, should be clear. Complains not much of a poker player when he knocked out because he goes all-in.
The article so what?
1) We need objective and comparable grades, qualifications and selection process. Since the universities hinwurschteln but really prefer the right and does not care what others do, they have to chalk the self.
2) Of course, the new system is linked with efforts, but even in such an important phase, it also depends on each own, get informed and take action. They would then have something like (1 to 1 application rejection) prevented can be. Obviously we are
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