A review by dadof4kids
What's the Point of College?: Seeking Purpose in an Age of Reform by Johann N. Neem

3.0

This book contains a provocative set of essays calling the American college to embrace its liberal arts calling and reject the utilitarian temptations or the current call for new paradigms. While I appreciated many of the author’s arguments, I see no way for actual universities to do what he says (e.g., eliminate all professional programs and the emphasis on job preparation). I love learning for its own sake, but we also have a sacred task of preparing students for effective professional lives.