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Excellent post. Many people don't see college as anything other than an intermediate step on a career path that leads to a job. We need to help people outside academics see the value of a liberal arts education. We need to show them the value of the general exploration of knowledge and problem solving in a meta sense. These are the things that the best colleges do best and they are under appreciated.
Thanks Troy. It's much harder to isolate and quantify these effects compared to (say) a new drug or invention. Views of colleges are incredibly polarized right now but on a day to day basis they are quite ordinary workplaces delivering what they promise. I just wanted to provide a glimpse.
Excellent post. Many people don't see college as anything other than an intermediate step on a career path that leads to a job. We need to help people outside academics see the value of a liberal arts education. We need to show them the value of the general exploration of knowledge and problem solving in a meta sense. These are the things that the best colleges do best and they are under appreciated.
Thanks Troy. It's much harder to isolate and quantify these effects compared to (say) a new drug or invention. Views of colleges are incredibly polarized right now but on a day to day basis they are quite ordinary workplaces delivering what they promise. I just wanted to provide a glimpse.