Mark Edmundson Uses Of Liberal Education Summary
“On the Uses of Liberal Education” written by Mark Edmundson offers this notion that the college network is becoming something more of a pay-n-go than an institute of higher education and students are more disconsolate. It is becoming less about the education and more about filling seats and acquiring money. Parents could be partially blamed for their children who grow to be too scare to stand up or be criticized, they would rather stay quiet and let the professors be their entertainment. “I want some of them to say that they’ve been changed by the course”, this made me realize that this doesn’t happen enough and I agree with Edmundson that it’s somewhat due to imperturbable students since this new American culture has become “devoted to consumption