Why We Shouldn't Think About College as a Business
Why We Shouldn't Think About College as a Business
"As 'Ivory Tower' shows, colleges invest in facilities and amenities, like multi-million dollar recreation centers or luxury dorms, to attract attendees, who have increasingly become more like customers than students. It's what many critics call the 'corporatism of college' (a very worthwhile article).....
I am always amazed that on every college tour, we spend more time on facilities rather than learning about how the school educates students.
The article continues with "....a concept called multipotentiality, the ability to excel in multiple fields that are typically unrelated to each other. Multipotentiality has a handful of practical benefits. For example, learning skills in one area can translate to skills in another."