[00:07.82]Should Colleges Cultivate Versatile Talents or Specialized Talents?
[00:13.86]One of the most debated topics about higher education
[00:19.21]is whether colleges should cultivate versatile talents or specialized ones.
[00:24.87]Views are much divided with sound reasons.
[00:28.54]Those who argue for versatile education claim
[00:32.34]that multi-skilled talents are far more popular than people
[00:36.88]who are specialized in only one field.
[00:39.62]This preference results from the fact
[00:43.10]that there is increasingly apparent trend
[00:45.93]of integration and coordination
[00:48.55]between different industries in today's society
[00:51.91]and thus calling for versatile talents
[00:55.33]with a diverse range of knowledge and capabilities.
[00:58.81]Nonetheless, specialized education also has supporters.
[01:04.22]Specialized talents are believed
[01:07.71]to know more than others about one area
[01:10.14]and thus own a bigger chance to be outstanding.
[01:13.44]As far as I can see,
[01:16.11]whether colleges should cultivate versatile talents
[01:19.73]or specialized ones greatly depends on what kind of person one is.
[01:25.39]A person with a broad interest
[01:28.11]in various areas is a perfect potential versatile talent,
[01:32.59]while specialized education will find its followers
[01:36.57]among those who are particularly keen on one certain field.
[01:40.94]In a word, colleges should cultivate students
[01:45.19]according to their characteristics
[01:47.74]by applying different programs.
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