Should the goal of college education be to ensure that the students find a good job or should it aim at cultivating the students overall abilities?

　　大學教育的目的究竟應該是怎樣的呢?毫無疑問，人們肯定會有不同的看法，甚至各個大學之間也會觀點相左。我個人傾向于培養學生的綜合能力。

　　What should be the purpose of college education? No doubt, different people, or even different universities, may see it quite differently. As to me, I tend to support the view that it should aim at cultivating the students overall abilities.

　　首先，只有全面發展的學生才是從長遠角度講社會發展所真正需要的人才。我們可以問問自己：社會發展需要什么樣的大學畢業生呢?簡單想想就會得到答案：有良好的專業知識、有健康的體魄、有健康的心態、有較好的溝通能力、有團隊精神、有創新能力或執行能力。當然，如果一個人能夠更加多才多藝，那不但對其本人的生活，而且對于一個團隊生活的多彩性都會有很大幫助的。這一切的一切歸納起來是什么呢?答案很明了：綜合能力。

　　First of all, social progress needs overall-developed college graduates in the long run. When we ask ourselves the question: What kind of college graduates does the society need? the answer is just too obvious: ones with a good command of the knowledge in their own fields of study, ones with a healthy body, ones with a healthy mentality, ones with good communication skills, ones with team-work spirit, ones with creative, innovative ability or the ability for implementation. What are all these things are? Again, the answer is just simple: overall abilities.

　　其次，全面發展的學生必然更容易找到好工作。隨便問一個企業的雇主：你希望雇傭什么樣的員工?如果這個問題有些不明確，那就把問題更具體化一些：請您選擇：A:一個全面發展的大學畢業生;B:一個不是全面發展的大學畢業生。在其它條件都相同的情況下，我們有充足的理由深信這位雇主肯定會選擇A的。

　　Second, an overall developed graduate would find a job more easily. You can ask around an employer of a certain enterprise: What type of employees do you wish to employ? If this question is a little unclear, we can make it more specific by letting him make a choice: A. an overall developed college graduate; B. a none-overall developed college graduate. Supposing everything other things remain equal, we have sound reasons to believe that he will definitely select A.

　　誠然，大學關心自己畢業生的工作問題是值得稱頌的，因為任何人都首先需要謀生，然后才能談進一步的發展。有一份自己喜歡的、收入好、工作前景好的工作也是大學畢業生們所期盼的。但是，誰也不能否認，培養全面發展的學生與好工作之間永遠都是密切相關的，絕對不是相沖突、相矛盾的。

　　Admittedly, it is praiseworthy of universities to be concerned about their graduates job-hunting issues, for after all, anyone should first solve the problem of making a living before talking about later on development. Besides, it is also the shared aspiration of all college graduates to have a well-paid job that they like and that points to a good prospect in the future. However, no one would ever deny the fact that to cultivate the overall abilities of the students is always closely related to and in no way conflicts or contradicts good job opportunities.

　　基于以上論證，我們可以清楚地認識到：大學教育的目的應該永遠是以培養學生較強的綜合能力為目標的。

　　From the foregoing discussion, we can come to the conclusion that the purpose of college education should always target at cultivating the overall abilities of the students.

　　Should the goal of college education be to ensure that the students find a good job or should it aim at cultivating the students overall abilities?

　　大學教育的目的究竟應該是怎樣的呢?毫無疑問，人們肯定會有不同的看法，甚至各個大學之間也會觀點相左。我個人傾向于培養學生的綜合能力。

　　What should be the purpose of college education? No doubt, different people, or even different universities, may see it quite differently. As to me, I tend to support the view that it should aim at cultivating the students overall abilities.

　　首先，只有全面發展的學生才是從長遠角度講社會發展所真正需要的人才。我們可以問問自己：社會發展需要什么樣的大學畢業生呢?簡單想想就會得到答案：有良好的專業知識、有健康的體魄、有健康的心態、有較好的溝通能力、有團隊精神、有創新能力或執行能力。當然，如果一個人能夠更加多才多藝，那不但對其本人的生活，而且對于一個團隊生活的多彩性都會有很大幫助的。這一切的一切歸納起來是什么呢?答案很明了：綜合能力。

　　First of all, social progress needs overall-developed college graduates in the long run. When we ask ourselves the question: What kind of college graduates does the society need? the answer is just too obvious: ones with a good command of the knowledge in their own fields of study, ones with a healthy body, ones with a healthy mentality, ones with good communication skills, ones with team-work spirit, ones with creative, innovative ability or the ability for implementation. What are all these things are? Again, the answer is just simple: overall abilities.

　　其次，全面發展的學生必然更容易找到好工作。隨便問一個企業的雇主：你希望雇傭什么樣的員工?如果這個問題有些不明確，那就把問題更具體化一些：請您選擇：A:一個全面發展的大學畢業生;B:一個不是全面發展的大學畢業生。在其它條件都相同的情況下，我們有充足的理由深信這位雇主肯定會選擇A的。

　　Second, an overall developed graduate would find a job more easily. You can ask around an employer of a certain enterprise: What type of employees do you wish to employ? If this question is a little unclear, we can make it more specific by letting him make a choice: A. an overall developed college graduate; B. a none-overall developed college graduate. Supposing everything other things remain equal, we have sound reasons to believe that he will definitely select A.

　　誠然，大學關心自己畢業生的工作問題是值得稱頌的，因為任何人都首先需要謀生，然后才能談進一步的發展。有一份自己喜歡的、收入好、工作前景好的工作也是大學畢業生們所期盼的。但是，誰也不能否認，培養全面發展的學生與好工作之間永遠都是密切相關的，絕對不是相沖突、相矛盾的。

　　Admittedly, it is praiseworthy of universities to be concerned about their graduates job-hunting issues, for after all, anyone should first solve the problem of making a living before talking about later on development. Besides, it is also the shared aspiration of all college graduates to have a well-paid job that they like and that points to a good prospect in the future. However, no one would ever deny the fact that to cultivate the overall abilities of the students is always closely related to and in no way conflicts or contradicts good job opportunities.

　　基于以上論證，我們可以清楚地認識到：大學教育的目的應該永遠是以培養學生較強的綜合能力為目標的。

　　From the foregoing discussion, we can come to the conclusion that the purpose of college education should always target at cultivating the overall abilities of the students.