Canada. Here, University is a highly academic focus, whereas college is usually trades, practical job skills. Some crossover has happened when practical training
Lonely lady wants sex black white dating programs like nursing has been "upgraded" to a year RN degree, which actually means a lot less practical training in the first two years. people don't figure out whether nursing is appropriate for them until they get on to the floor and start working with the people, at which point the institution has already gotten several years worth of tuition. I feel like a lot of university programs here are a, and in considering several programs, it seems like the curriculum for some programs is padded (- year finance programs, for example, while in the workplace you really just need the accounting programs, the computer programs and some basic law courses as the laws change constantly.) My personal approach has been to take night classes for the specific skills I need to upgrade, and not to take multi-year programs. Personally, this has served me well. In my 20s I would talk my way into a job and then work my way up from within. I've found that job experience is more valuable than formal education on a resume. Of course there's still a place for university education, but I think the institutions want *everyone* to go through them to the tuition. I think it depends upon the programs, too. I know a lot of people with degrees, masters, phDs, who are unemployed or under-employed for various reasons, including finding out that while they enjoyed *learning* about this subject, they don't enjoy the actual jobs for which the degree qualifies them.