Should education be end-user-driven or should it revert to the top-down model romanticized by my long-ago philosophy professor? Perhaps there is certain knowledge that a university is obligated to impart, whether you want it or not. If you don’t want it, perhaps you’re not college material, as we were once permitted to say without recriminations. These are complex questions that confound one-size-fits-all answers. But they bear serious thought before that next college application or tuition check is sent out.

 

College in the Post-Educational Age

Students lose something vital when they go to school in search of careers, not learning.

By 

Steve Salerno

Mr. Salerno recently retired as a journalism professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.