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Higher education's tunnel vision
Our friend Daniel Bennett of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity has published an excellent piece on Forbes.com in which he hits all the right notes: "Out of control tuition inflation leads to vast expenditures but produces a watered-down educational product that fails to teach graduates the skills they need... Colleges engage in excessive hand holding -- with grade inflation, deteriorating degree requirements, a growing number of non-academic degrees being offered and ever-increasing student services... Before we sink more of our limited resources into this bottomless pit, we must acknowledge that the current policies aren't working."
One point which particularly stands out is the reminder that employers and grad schools, the "consumers of college graduates" as Bennett calls them, are "interested in the skills and abilities that graduates bring to the table." Hence, if we may chime in, the need to have rigorous general education requirements.
On this note, we are pleased to announce that we have further expanded WhatWillTheyLearn.com. ACTA's online college guide now features upwards of 170 colleges and universities than together enroll more than 2 million students.
Posted by David Azerrad on February 19, 2010 at February 19, 2010 05:14 PM
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