The “Power” Elite
July 9, 2008
9:00 AM CST
The required reading for today’s class is, first, William Deresiewicz’s article about the transformation of our elite universities into high-priced trade schools:
Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers.
Next, you should read Mary Grabar’s bleak article about how the college curriculum itself is becoming less academic, and more like an Oprah Winfrey show:
Oprah is us. Course offerings on Oprah appear in college catalogs, while those on Milton disappear.
When you’re done with both, have swept up the broken glass and china, and repaired the bullet-holes in the walls, come back here and read the rest.
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