Maritime training and ocean education

The author argues that the time has come for educators to modify techniques and adjust the curriculums of the maritime education process. He argues that academic institutions need the flexibility to adjust their curriculums as technology advances, not in such a way that makes them followers of industry, but rather to be leaders of technology. He concludes that financial support of the world´s ocean-oriented colleges and universities from both the public and the private sector is a primary requisite for advancement in realizing and then utilizing the potential of the world´s oceans