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January 18, 2012
The Deadly Learned Ignoramus
What is not so obvious, but is painfully true nonetheless,is that colleges and universities can also turn out vast numbers of people with credentials, but with no marketable skills with which to fulfill their expectations. There is nothing magic about simply being in ivy-covered buildings for four years. In countries around the world, people with credentials but no marketable skills have been a major source of political turmoil, social polarization and ideologically driven violence, sometimes escalating into civil war. -- Thomas Sowell: Inequality, Eugenics, and Envy | Crisis Magazine
Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 18, 2012 12:21 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Hm. Maybe it's better to be an "educated derelict." Probably more fun.
Posted by: Maureen at January 18, 2012 3:44 PM