On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Michael Palij wrote: > The NY Times book review has a review of a book by Andrew Delbanco, > a professor at Columbia, on the history of college education and what > it is supposed to be, at least from his perspective. The review can be > accessed here: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/books/review/college-by-andrew-delbanco.html?_r=1&nl=books&adxnnl=1&emc=booksupdateema4_20120608&adxnnlx=1339175326-kAI5tsf0ZH3HQOgTwkjgCw > > It is focused on the undergraduate experience and argues against the > view that college should be just a vocational training stage entered into > just to increase the likelihood of a getting a good paying job.
Unfortunately, American businesses seem to be outsourcing their job training to post-secondary education. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18263 or send a blank email to leave-18263-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
