Some people think university education is to prepare students for employment. Other people think university has other functions. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

While many people go to
universities
to get a job, I strongly argue it has more functions rather than just
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training for
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emplyment
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. I think one of
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significant
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of
universities
is a
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institute. The other is
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the storage of knowledge.
Universities
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the place the scientists get together and can conduct
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to find new theory, material and medicines which we do not know now. Some commercial
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companies
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companys
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companies
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and development organizations, but they have it for money so
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topic is limited to applied science or applied engineering.
Although
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is important,
in
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university,
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can do more fundamental
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, which
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not make money in
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term but contributes to all of the people, thanks to the funding from the
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government
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.
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Researchers
are
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universities
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have their
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libraries
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libraries
. People can go there and access
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number of books. It shows the university acts as a storage of knowledge.
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above
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reasons
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I think
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the university
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has more function than
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preparing
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preparing
students for employment.
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