The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
It’s nice to see that this article is making the internet rounds again! Written by an ex-Yale professor, this piece was the basis for a real-life event that Lois Beckett and I coordinated (the Crimson’s coverage is here). We brought William Deresiewicz to Harvard to sit on a panel with students and hash out Harvard’s (de)merits with a standing room only crowd of over 100 people. Personally, I would love to bring this event to other colleges, and eventually start a network of students who bring more meaning to their education by subjecting it, and themselves, to regular questioning.
The original article is below.
Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers.
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beingrandom reblogged this from the-feature and added:
“Entitled mediocrity”. Brilliant.
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The Opening Paragraph of this article “It didn’t dawn on me that there might be a few holes in my education until I was...
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lauriebreaker reblogged this from aberjona and added:
good read, makes much sense. hmm!
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aberjona reblogged this from the-feature and added:
I posted this on another blog this time last year. Still sticks.
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