[Fsf-friends] MS' influence redux

[Joe Steeve]

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.

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