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Now if only they could do something like this (Yale offers free tuition to music graduate students) to those who are getting advanced degrees in social work and teaching.
posted by Emma Rose @ 18:31
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4 Comments:
At 9:26 AM,
Helen said…
I do think the Yale program is a noble one, but I can't see it becoming more widespread. While it means no tuition for students admitted to the program, those students still have to go through a rigorous selection process.
Yale's music program takes in a miniscule number of students per year, in part because the pool of applicants is small. The applicant has to play an instrument or sing at a very high level. With a teaching degree program or social work degree program, there's a much larger pool of potential students, and the requirements for entrance are much lower (not that it's not difficult to attain good grades at baccalaureate level, but it's not a specialized skill like piano or another instrument).
At 2:15 PM,
Karen said…
emma, when you are rich and famous you can donate millions of dollars to UWTC so that PhD students can attend for free.
then, i will have no one to teach courses. and i'll hunt you down and make you give me millions of dollars so i can quit my job and live on the island.
that is all.
At 6:59 PM,
Emma Rose said…
Sure I agree with saying it's not reasonable to think we'd give free graduate education to everyone. What struck me about the parallels between the two is that those individuals who take on advanced degrees, typically amass a large debt, and then cannot recoup that investment due to the fact that these jobs pay so little.
I admit, I have it lucky being in a field like engineering. But for those who are in other fields, they tend to make huge sacrifices to teach or work in mental health or social services. And while we can appreciate something like music in an obvious way that someone has a calling and special skill, I'd make the claim that the people I know who work taking care of or teaching others too have very specialized talents that would be hard to replicate by just anyone.
At 7:00 PM,
Emma Rose said…
oh and to follow up on what karen said...i'm not saying free TC, oh no. teaching is an essential skill. you got to pay to play.
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