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From: oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev x268)
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Subject: Re: The purpose of Universities
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 19:58:11 EDT
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> So, friends, tell me I'm wrong.  Tell me what a college/university has
> to offer its students that will be of value to those students and which
> can not be obtained elsewhere at less cost in time and money.
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug

You are wrong.( you asked! :-))

What do univercities offer? Resources and accesses!

I don't know about other schools, I've only had experience with UCLA.
With persistance and desire a student can get access to a hell of a lot of 
hardware and software, can find people who will teach how to use it and help
to get out of jams. And there is a lot of things at UCLA that one would not find
in one place in a smaller institution.

Also, most of us who don't work for "industry giants", see only one or two 
machines in 1-2 years in our work and don't have time/finances/access priveleges
to look and try something new and different.



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