Two opposite opinions about university education There are two opposite opinions about university education. One opinion is that knowledge and skills needed in workplace should be provided in universities. The other insists that the true function of a university should be to provide knowledge for its own sake regardless of employment requirements. The first opinion seems reasonable in today's employment situation. That is to say, employment training is a resolution to the problems of employment imbalance. On the one hand, lots of graduates find it diffcult to find jobs suitable for their skills. On the other hand, a large amount of companies can not get enough qualitified personnel every year. To address these problems, universities could increase their students' employability by providing knowledge and skills which are more suitable for their future work. For example, they can add more hands-on practice or desired subjects to the curriculium. Also, universities could raise students' employment awareness through proper instructions and make them pay more attention to the subjects which are espically helpful for ther their future careers. For instance, if a student majored in chemistry realized that he will most probably work in an iron refinery factory, he would be motivated to acquire more knowledge relating to iron refinery before graduation. Obviousely, the knowledge as well as its research methods related to his career would support him better in the future. However, any university can not afford to neglect the second opinion, because different from training schools, universities are responsible to give students a powerful academic knowledge base systematically. Excessive emphases on employment may distract them and make the education lose its real value. Even in many cases, it is the students' academic performance that strikes the employers rather than the employment knowledge does. In my opinion, academic subjects should always be the main content of university education, but the knowledge and skills catering for employment should also be given in the form of optional courses.

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