Oxford college?

drthelonious
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:36:28 +0000

people always say that the prime difference between oxford and main campuses is that oxford is easier to get accepted to. it’s quite possible that oxford is a self-selecting student body, and anyone who focuses on the sheer competition of attending a college does not want to apply. i think the greatest difference is that oxford fosters greater critical thinking skills than the main campus curriculum does. both feature the core requirements, but oxford has the ways of inquiry courses; these develop students’ analytical skills. of course, all academic disciplines benefit from those skills, so you aren’t exactly preparing to become the greatest philosopher in 50 years or anything. however, i believe that you will do much better in studying philosophy, government, and jurisprudence with an oxford education. a liberal arts education–in the historical sense–focuses less on the instruction of facts than it does the advancement of proper thinking skills.