personal educational goals

Is there a fundamental mismatch between your goals for college and how your professors and schools have offered you education?

Many students attend college primarily for career reasons… This reveals an underlying mismatch: Many students want to earn a degree as easily as possible, but most professors want every student to think critically and deeply about history, philosophy, and literature. Adults, including parents who have never attended college, believe that “acquiring specific skills and knowledge” […]

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