translate English to French: Freidson argues that "occupations believed to possess such knowledge are singled out for public prestige and official privilege...."11 It is the access to liberal education that both enables specialist practitioners to later serve in managerial positions and also establishes a societally recognized legitimacy.12 Research (conducted by the teaching arm of the profession), "book learning," and the university milieu all combine to give the profession a heightened status.
À la fin du XXe siècle, en revanche, seuls 15 p. 100 des étudiants ne terminent pas leurs études secondaires4, si bien qu’il est moins sûr que les diplômés du secondaire soient effectivement les plus aptes à recevoir une commission d’officier décerné par la Couronne.