Tamar Lewin, writing for the New York Times:
Meanwhile, since the recession — probably because of the recession — there has been a profound shift toward viewing college education as a vocational training ground.
“College is increasingly being defined narrowly as job preparation, not as something designed to educate the whole person,” said Pauline Yu, president of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Treating college as a vocational program yields twentysomethings without purpose or understanding.