Kosmopolito » society http://www.kosmopolito.org The Blog with the European perspective Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:33:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Peter Voß fragt…Juli Zeh http://www.kosmopolito.org/2010/01/07/peter-vos-fragt-juli-zeh/ http://www.kosmopolito.org/2010/01/07/peter-vos-fragt-juli-zeh/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:44:56 +0000 Kosmopolit http://www.kosmopolito.org/?p=1724 Sehenswertes Interview mit dem Titel: “Freiheit, Freiheit über alles?” (video in German only)

Peter Voß fragt die Schriftstellerin Juli Zeh from Netwatcher24 on Vimeo.

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]]> http://www.kosmopolito.org/2010/01/07/peter-vos-fragt-juli-zeh/feed/ 0 The Disadvantages of an Elite Education http://www.kosmopolito.org/2008/08/03/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/ http://www.kosmopolito.org/2008/08/03/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:43:38 +0000 Kosmopolit http://kosmopolit.wordpress.com/?p=392 Sunday afternoon – Some food for thought for the ‘elite education enthusiasts’ in Europe that always use the likes of Yale and Harvard as best practice examples!

“Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers” writes William Deresiewicz in his article “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education“. The author makes quite some interesting points about what students learn in so called “elite universities”. Although he falls short of putting the problem in a wider social context, he nevertheless makes it clear that not everything is as perfect with these institutions as many (in Europe) want to believe.

It’s worth reading.

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