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To me this is evidence of part of the problem is that no one can agree on what higher ed should be, job prep or providing a liberal education. So we get the wor
by hpoe 6y ago
To me this is evidence of part of the problem is that no one can agree on what higher ed should be, job prep or providing a liberal education. So we get the worst of both worlds where we force students to do both while taking out massive debt, resulting in a workforce that still has to be trained when they graduate, but much of the liberal education being ignored or useless because there is an argument over whether or not you should be preparing for a job by going to college or whether it is to make you a more holistic individual.
For the record I would subscribe to the liberal education viewpoint of college but question why that can't be had for free with the resources of the internet at this point.
Note: By liberal education I do not mean politically liberal but rather a term encompassing a full rounded individual akin to a renaissance man, that is familiar with and can discuss language and mathematics just as well as art history or philosophy.
- minikites 6y ago>For the record I would subscribe to the liberal education viewpoint of college but question why that can't be had for free with the resources of the internet at this point. How well is remote schooling working during the pandemic? Now imagine that, but with no teachers at all. Teachers are an important part of the education process.
- hpoe 6y agoHonestly I feel that those that are desirous for knowledge and want to become a well-rounded and get a liberal education are the ones that are going to go out and learn and gather knowledge regardless of whether or not they went to school. Whereas those that view college as a tool of securing employment complain about the classes and feel they are a waste of time, resulting in them not getting much out of it anyway. I agree teachers are important, but does a teacher have to be someone that sits and lectures in a classroom? If I am interested in OS theory I can join the Linux mailing list, ask questions on Linux development forums, heck if I ask a good question I may even have Linus himself take a minute to respond to my question. Beyond that from my understanding many of the "teachers" at the college level are Grad students assigned to teach a class and that professors view it as a chore. Not that I am totally against teachers or traditional education, I just think that one can acquire all of the benefits of a liberal education without ever needing to set foot in a classroom in this day and age.