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Selected features, articles and essays from the world's best journalists and writers.What higher education is really about…
***Update: Another article that definitely belongs on this list:
College for $99 a Month by Kevin Carey - How online education could be great for students - and catastrophic for universities.***
The University Has No Clothes by Daniel B. Smith - A critical review of the spate of prominent attacks aimed at college education.
Learning by Degress by Rebecca Mead - A strong argument against measuring the value of a degree in purely economic terms.
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower by Professor X - An anonymous instructor at a low-end college makes the case that university isn’t for everyone.
How I Got my D.I.Y. Degree by William Wimsatt - The author offers an interesting if impractical programme for lifelong self education.
Lost in the Meritocracy by Walter Kirn - A more personal view from a survivor of one of America’s top educational institutions.
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These were all really good, and really interesting. I italicized my favorites. The last one borders on the absurd, and...
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What higher education is really about… ***Update: Another article that definitely belongs on this list: College for $99...
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I have read this last one and I really liked it. As...typical American college experience...
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