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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a sad indictment of our colleges.  I think this is why so many companies put job experience (even if not in your field) as a higher priority than what school you went to.  This is not applicable to all professions, but I think most college degrees should focus more on real-world experience rather than theory.  I think for some kids learning a trade that can pay well is better than going to college.

"There are plenty of requirements for the average professorship, but job experience generally isn’t high up on the list – in fact, a 2006 study of college professors in STEM fields showed that a whopping 59.8 percent hadn’t had any job experience in their industry. That means that a large portion of the professors tasked with teaching college grads how to become [b]marketers, managers and salespeople [/b]have never marketed anything, managed anyone or sold anything at all. Our professors teach what they know, and [b]after years spent steeping in theory, it’s no wonder that they put such an emphasis on conceptual learning[/b]."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/27/i-studied-engineering-not-english-i-still-cant-find-a-job/

I haven't done the research, but how many top tier profs. have actual job experience?  I know that in my State univ., the majority of my Business professors had a job related to what they were teaching (Accounting prof had had an accounting practice, etc..).[/quote]

Which is why these things should not be college majors! [/quote]

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