- Scott Adams of Dilbert fame makes his case against the liberal arts in favor of entrepreneurship training
- Matthew Stewart makes his case for the liberal arts, especially for those who would be entrepreneurs
- Terry Eagleton on the ease and error of blaming Marx
- As student loan debt tops $1 trillion, colleges continue to imagine themselves as resort towns
- David Brooks also thinks Michial Farmer is right about America’s overconfidence.
- The question of the day in Washington: Is the government really broke?
- Two words of advice from James K.A. Smith for theological writers: stop publishing so much stuff, and write better stuff. (A few searches on amazon.com will reveal which of the three of us did not take his advice.)
- Because Brian Leiter offers so many good links for us to poach, I’m responding to his request for a favor.
- Why don’t students transfer what they learn in composition courses to their other classes?
- Stephen Prothero on the oddities of the Washington budget battles
- I dare you to look away from the image below:
Can’t… look… away…
Here’s another education link–this time NYC–to truly depress you:
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/apr/11/mayor-bloomberg-lord-schools/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYRblog+April+19+2011&utm_content=NYRblog+April+19+2011+CID_0c415c674044f3e73623cc78e6a06169&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=The+Education+of+Lord+Bloomberg