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Thursday, September 13, 2007

This Contrarian Take...

... on the necessity of college for everyone makes a good deal of sense. Yet to say this stuff, especially when Americans are so sentimental and (if they're parents) anxious about college, is to be called an elitist, mean-spirited, etc.

One thing the author doesn't take up is the quality of life question. His argument is exclusively based on employment prospects. Could one argue that all Americans, at whatever age the urge might hit, should get a crack at college, simply to see whether they'd benefit from a sustained, intellectually serious experience?