The students who go to these colleges are, by and large, strivers... They are steered—via relative tuition costs and geographic convenience—toward precisely those institutions where they are most likely to fail. -- The Washington Monthly "School For Scandal"
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The mismatch between schooling and job skills is bigger than expected -seen in Australian Newspaper, Higher Ed supplement 23rd Feb
Have we developed a prejudiced presumption that education outcomes should corelate with job skills?
If so, is this reinforcing the idea that work is more important than anything else in life? Do we really want our children to believe that?
Posted by: John Mason Author & Principal, ACS Distance Education | February 27, 2011 at 21:41 PM