tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248059609743937495.post5139670528818469166..comments2023-08-07T11:56:21.241-04:00Comments on Economist At Large: Ideally Organized University (IOU)economistatlargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502077424040918432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248059609743937495.post-37284342435901899192007-04-12T13:15:00.000-04:002007-04-12T13:15:00.000-04:00for point (6), i still have a problem with it:i do...for point (6), i still have a problem with it:<BR/><BR/>i do not disagree with the intention, but in ontario there is a similar program for aspiring MD students. the ontario program works by having the government pay all costs of education and also offers i believe up to $100,000 to set up shop only if you locate to underserved locations which are primarily located in the north.<BR/><BR/>sounds like a good plan and even i would have to seriously reconsider it BUT why is it that we still have a severe MD shortage and yes most are relocating to the south and here in ontario what made helped to alleviate the shortage is the licensing of over 3,000 foreign trained doctors. <BR/><BR/>two questions:<BR/><BR/>(1) what gives? - why the problem still exists even though there are lucrative programs available?<BR/><BR/>(2) why not lessen the red-tape with foreign-trained personnel who arguably are better trained and educated than our own?<BR/><BR/>(3) does this risk in having inter-provincial "trade-wars"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248059609743937495.post-18756871280838116842007-04-11T18:12:00.000-04:002007-04-11T18:12:00.000-04:00dr.j said: I view students as working for me in a ...dr.j said: I view students as working for me in a weird way.<BR/><BR/><BR/>....then I'm on strike :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248059609743937495.post-58186792414064493952007-04-11T10:58:00.000-04:002007-04-11T10:58:00.000-04:00I guess the key difference between where I'm comin...I guess the key difference between where I'm coming from and where most of the service models I've seen are coming from is a difference in the role of faculty. <BR/><BR/>In the service model we're providing something to students. <BR/><BR/>In my mind we're doing more than that, we're also the gate keepers. I view students as working for me in a weird way.economistatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502077424040918432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248059609743937495.post-51718832923225683582007-04-10T23:10:00.000-04:002007-04-10T23:10:00.000-04:00you make it sound so simple!....but you know it is...you make it sound so simple!....but you know it isn't going to happen anytime soon, but it's okay to dream. one thing i don't like about your plan: too much government, you're assuming the same folks who have screwed up the system all of a sudden have seen the light!<BR/><BR/>but you are on a right track that your taking education to be an investment and that it should be treated in that way - investment in human capital that is.<BR/><BR/>to continue on that thought...makes you wonder why physical capital investments are given every major tax break you can think of but human capital investment is not. <BR/><BR/>some would say that the returns on physical capital are more measurable and noticed than that on human capital but that's rubbish: people can screw up in investing in themselves but so can the business "experts" when it comes to investing in their businesses, case in point: the north american car makers, you cannot blame foreign competition for their woes, but certainly you can blame it on the lack of their business acumen, dare i say that they are incompetent along with the unions!? and if business screw up their investment decisions, one can argue that the impact of such mistakes takes a bigger toll on the entire economy than if an individual commits a mistake because only that individual feels the full impact.<BR/><BR/>and yes, access should be a right, not education of itself because education is an end of a process that you have to "earn", but a question: even in this ideal situation that you have proposed, could it be that still qualified people would not have a chance to get in? so many factors out there that still prevent some from entering.<BR/><BR/>just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248059609743937495.post-53370321420413283502007-04-10T16:06:00.000-04:002007-04-10T16:06:00.000-04:00Now this is what I am talking about!Now this is what I am talking about!Peter Loewenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601327720649697797noreply@blogger.com