Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Good news: Study confirms that college is pretty much a total waste of time

A University education is devolving, we are ending up with kids who can't think critically. Now, could this be planned?

Good news: Study confirms that college is pretty much a total waste of time « Hot Air: "Many of the students graduated without knowing how to sift fact from opinion, make a clear written argument or objectively review conflicting reports of a situation or event, according to New York University sociologist Richard Arum, lead author of the study. The students, for example, couldn’t determine the cause of an increase in neighborhood crime or how best to respond without being swayed by emotional testimony and political spin…"

2 comments:

Mike G., in Salem said...

I had that figured out my freshman year of college :)

Ron Ballew said...

A lot of it was the same for me. Grad school and some of undergrad was beneficial...much, not so much.