Education

In a perfect world, educational centers at whatever level would be about learning. But they are not. They are about marks, about passing, about memorization, about scholarships, about degrees, about money, about jobs, but somehow learning has taken a back seat.

I hear that there are a couple of universities out there offering undeclared majors. I actually like that idea. Students could study what they are interested in. This, I think,  would promote interdisciplinary courses at the undergraduate and graduate level as students would be exposed to a variety of ideas. It would allow for these same interdisciplinary courses to be developed and driven by users. It would also allow for some generalists to graduate. I kind of like the idea that our future corporate leaders & political leaders might know something about gerontology, the environment and 19th century literature for example.

Has anyone heard about any long term results from these programs? Although I’m not sure that they have been around for too long- I would be interested to know what/who they are turning out.