As more and more people are questioning the usefulness of higher education, it's worthwhile to ask: what is the purpose of education in the first place? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss with educator and cultural apologist Annie Crawford.
References and resources:
What students want from college: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/true-purpose-college-education
Why young people are abandoning college: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/why-more-americans-are-skipping-college
Historical development of modern education: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-understanding-the-historical-purposes-of-modern-schooling-matters-today/
CS Lewis on education: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/52604-education-without-values-as-useful-as-it-is-seems-rather
Martin Luther King Jr. on education: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education
Blesses
Educating the Wholehearted Child (Book)
Community (TV Show)
Rope (Movie)
Beauty for Truth's Sake (Book)
Beauty in the Word (Book)
Curses
Dead Poets Society (Movie)
Mona Lisa Smile (Movie)
AI/Chat GPT (Technology)
Websites:
Nathan Clarkson: nathanclarkson.me
Joseph Holmes: josephholmesstudios.com
Annie Crawford: anniecrawford.net
