by Patrick AppelAnya Kemenetz called TED a "new Harvard." Joyner dissents:
While maybe we don't need the current structural system of majors, minors, and core curricula, we need some kind of structure. Higher education isn't simply dabbling in some interesting discussionsfor a few years. Students are supposed to come away with some amountof knowledge about a whole variety of topics, the ability to write, theability to do basic research, and the like. You're not going to getany of that...
Published on August 16, 2010 06:40