Gregg, thanks for that critique of higher education. I have picked up on
this peripherally in on-going public debate and commentary about the cost
of higher education in this country, gravitating to the equivalence of
tuition and ultimate income, bi-passing the quality of life gained in
becoming a perennial student/life-long learner, or at least that's been my
experience and that of my children. Not to be glib about this issue of BS
in higher education, but it seems to me that there have been a number of
factors that have contributed to the erosion of American Education,
starting with 'question authority' movement back in the 60s, followed by
bottom-lineism as the order of the day in this country across the board.
Anecdotally, when I graduated from McGill University in Montreal Canada in
1974 there weren't many jobs for PhDs in biomedical research, so the
Canadian Medical Research Council suspended its graduate programs for 2
years. At the same time, the grad school programs in the US increased their
admissions!

Maybe your efforts to address the ToK will help in this regard? One can
only hope.

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:22 AM, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <
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> Hi Folks,
>
>   Thought I would share a powerful critique regarding the BS in higher
> education:
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.chronicle.com_article_Higher-2DEducation-2DIs-2DDrowning_242195_&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sdpxxBNTbMbLNfb4CR8sQ9UKVRSzoxDRL23eAf7GuGM&s=pfPmScyjFsooF-NA9wZt18gwbdSxELzLDxb1CBtgZxY&e= 
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> Best,
> Gregg
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