Re: [Fsf-friends] MS' influence redux

Raj Mathur raju@linux-delhi.org writes:

Joe> A number of colleges in TamilNadu are so bent on just
Joe> the placement count. They'd do anything for the company
Joe> which promises to recruit half of their
Joe> students. Infection of engineering syllabus happens in
Joe> almost every autonomous college.

Well, food, shelter and clothes do come before abstract ideas like freedom for most people in this country. I may intellectually damn a college catering to the job market, but deep down I can't really take exception to its strategy.

Well, placements should not be the only concern of colleges/universities. They should think of research. By polluting the syllabus, they are hindering the growth of possibly research minded students. And, without enough research in the Universities., I dont know where science would head to.