Susan Jacoby writes this article in the Sunday Washington Post. In it, she argues there is a crisis of anti-intellectualism in America. On top of the fact that Americans don't know much, she argues there is a growing belief that you don't need to know much.
I found this a thought-provoking piece and I wonder if we face this dillema more acutely than most. Our students already believe that college is mostly about getting a piece of paper so that they can get a job. Are they also becoming increasingly resistant to learning?
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