The purpose of higher education
Source: minnesota.publi Posted By: Carson R...4025 days ago
This week on the Friday Roundtable, our panelists will discuss the purpose of higher education. Given the costs of college tuition, the skills mismatch that many employers are reporting and the debt that many students leave school with, should higher education be aimed at training people for the workforce? Should its purpose be to create well-rounded citizens? Or is "education for education's sake" still a worthy goal?
The conversation was inspired by a comment made on The Daily Circuit by Minnesota....