student attending classes there said she would have benefited more from a broader educational experience.

Bermuda College's Dean of Hotel and Business Administration Duranda Green said students could get a foundation in the liberal arts through the College of Insurance's affiliate, Pace University.

At the university, students can take courses in the liberal arts even though the College of Insurance awards business-related degrees only.

But the student, who asked not to be named, said while Pace University was a much larger school with a myriad of major choices, there was a limit to how much else a person could explore there.

"While you can take electives at Pace University, you are still intensively pursuing your insurance degree and taking mandatory courses,'' the student noted.

"It can be difficult to get into the courses because the selection operates on a first come, first served basis and Pace students probably would get first pick since they are enrolled at the school full time,'' she said.

And Ms Greene said a foundation in the liberal arts was important and added that her department encouraged students to attend the College of Insurance over other schools only because that was what the insurance industry requested.

But she noted she was the person who pushed for the inclusion of the University of Hartford -- another school recognised for insurance -- as one of the choices for insurance students where they would have more courses from which to choose.

"In my three years here I have been very instrumental in making sure students do have choices,'' she said.