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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )
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Subject: Re: CS education
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Date: 17 Nov 89 01:14:37 GMT
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From dar@nucleus.UUCP (Dario Alcocer):
> Relating to this, what do you think of the cooperative education system in
> place at the University of Waterloo?  I think that a good start would be for
> students to get 2 or 3 years of experience, and then have 1 or 2 years of CS
> or CE training to help them see how theory and engineering techniques can be
> used to solve the same problems seen in their first 2 years more effectively.

   The cooperative education movement is gaining strength here in the
   US, but obviously Canada, at least at Waterloo, is far ahead in that
   area.  There is a great need to integrate industry and academia, not 
   only in the initial phases of professional training, but throughout 
   the entire career path.  Universities, at least in the US, are missing 
   out on a big opportunity to provide continuing education (and also 
   appropriate documentation which would be transferable between employers) 
   to professionals over the entire course of their careers, rather than 
   simply providing services only at the beginning of a career, but we 
   presently have a very long way to go before this could be achieved.  
   

   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu