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What higher education is really about…

The University Has No Clothes by Daniel B. Smith - A critical review of the spate of prominent attacks aimed at college education.

Learning by Degress by Rebecca Mead - A strong argument against measuring the value of a degree in purely economic terms.

In the Basement of the Ivory Tower by Professor X - An anonymous instructor at a low-end college makes the case that university isn’t for everyone.

How I Got my D.I.Y. Degree by William Wimsatt - The author offers an interesting if impractical programme for lifelong self education.

Lost in the Meritocracy by Walter Kirn - A more personal view from a survivor of one of America’s top educational institutions.

I have read this last one and I really liked it. As a recent college graduate, I found my opinions on the typical American college experience were right in line with Kirn’s.