[CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

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Wim,

I know some autodidacts for whom going to school is a real waste of 
time, but these types tend to be in the minority.  Having a college 
education can't hurt, and can ony help, when working in an institution 
of higher education.  Having a music degree helps ensure common lingo 
and empathetic experience with those we serve (wait--I'm having a 
Twilight Zone "To Serve Man" flashback!).

Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Willem Blees <wimblees at aol.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, Oct 30  5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

-----Original Message-----

From: Jeff Tanner jtanner at mozart.sc.edu>

To: College and University Technicians caut at ptg.org>

Sent: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 9:33 am

Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?











On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:55 AM, Richard Brekne wrote:



Just how much music education should such a position demand ?... and 
for that matter how much music education should techs in general have ?







Cheers


RicB





My thinking is that someone can easily learn more outside of formal 
education, whether it be music, business, science, mathematics, 
literature, or piano tuning and repair.  Some people are just born with 
inclinations towards certain skills and abilities, while others who 
have to be formally instructed never achieve the same ability levels. 
 So, are we talking about "education" as a formality? or education as 
in applicable knowledge and skill?  Which is more important?





The older I get and the more life I experience, the more I am inclined 
to believe the formal education process is highly overrated (and much 
the source of some of our societal problems, but that is another 
subject for another day).





Jeff








Jeff Tanner, RPT


University of South Carolina





Although having a experience, no matter what kind, is important, should 
a CAUT have some formal education, music or otherwise, 
beyond high school? If one is to work in a college environment, how 
important is it to have some idea of what "life" is like in a college 
setting?  I felt that with a MS, I was able to communicate better with 
the students and the professors. More or less "talk" their language. 
Comments?



Wim


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