From the NY Times: Making College ‘Relevant’

[toblin]

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“The phrase drives me crazy — ‘What are you going to do with your degree?’ — but I see increasing concerns about that,” says Katharine Brooks, director of the liberal arts career center at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of “You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career.” “Particularly as money gets tighter, people are going to demand more accountability from majors and departments.”

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<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03careerism-t.html?pagewanted=1&em]Link[/url”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03careerism-t.html?pagewanted=1&em]Link[/url</a>]</p>

<p>I think the article is a weak defense of the notion of maintaining the status quo.</p>

[Mr_Payne]

<p>The simple fact that college used to be the playground of the rich and was primarily a networking activity.</p>