What’s the Purpose of Higher Education?
It was once far more common for young Americans who wanted marketable skills to learn them on the job, and for those who wanted deeper learning in an academic field and an appreciation for our civilization’s values enrolled in college. Now, many students who go to college do so because they believe they need to get a degree to get a job. As for learning our civilization’s values, students are far likelier than they once were to learn........
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