University in the United States you will see claims such as that this university will to try to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems that will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you
Believe you provide the latter but what about the rest of the system what do you think its selling well what its selling is not necessarily what its delivering but if you go to any website of almost any university in the world certainly any university in the United States you will see claims such as that this university which he tried to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems it will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader cap
Education you always make a distinction between Information Knowledge and wisdom in fact you called your own venture after the roman goddess of wisdom which leads me to conclude that you believe you provide the latter but what about the rest of the system what do you think its selling well what its selling is not necessarily what its delivering but if you go to any website of almost any university in the world certainly any university in the United States you will see claims such as that this university will he try to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems that will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in
Of tools that you can interrogate and its not only very specific its also widely available for free. Universities particularly in the United States but also around the world are charging a lot for their services you know i read somewhere that for example alzheimers drugs. Make about a 1000000000. 00 market in the United States even though Everybody Knows that theres no drug that works against it and that some of the madisons on the on the market actually exacerbate the condition and for what you describe it seems that. Has the same iatrogenic a factor when it promises to make peoples lives prospects better but in fact it makes them worse if not cognitively then if they financially yes and this is in this is one of the difficulties is that systems once they get into a particular position they have to find ways to defend themselves and so. Theyll point out 2 things to say oh well look College Graduates make so much more than people who didnt go to college but of course this is a fallacy
That the those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you know a good system in a bad shape or is it actually fraud claiming to provide what you know you cannot provide and charging a fortune for well i think its volved d to be i dont think that was ever the intent and i dont think that it was malicious in its beginnings and in fact if you think about the of the broader concept of a classical education. The goal really was to provide you with the various discip