vocationalism

American  

[voh-key-shuh-nl-iz-uhm] / voʊˈkeɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm /

noun

1. the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high school students.

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Other Word Forms

• vocationalist noun

Etymology

Origin of vocationalism

First recorded in 1920–25; vocational + -ism

Example Sentences

For example, the Institute of Technology recently spirited physics and chemistry away from the liberal arts college, which critics contend is another dire step toward vocationalism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still, now as then, some faculty members decry creeping vocationalism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The author, Carnegie President Ernest L. Boyer, points to the realities beneath such vocationalism: between now and 1990 there will be 12 million to 13 million jobs for some 15 million baccalaureate earners.

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