Posts Tagged ‘Epistemology’
Regarding the College Education Discussion »
My colleague recently posted a timely summary of the glut of articles about the worth of a college degree in which she makes particular reference to Daniel Leondhart, an economist who quite frankly thinks this whole issue is very simple. For Leondhart, college makes sense simply because graduates clearly earn more in the workplace than [...]
A Cornucopia of Knowledge »
One of the pet issues here at the Lamp is reinstating a respect for knowledge, especially through the general education system. So it's nice to see Harvard leading the way: Although most students may deem the undersubscribed subjects impractical, the bastion of liberal arts education has in recent years begun promoting learning for learning's sake [...]