Where is higher education headed?
re: Deborah Spar (Barnard)
In her essay, In Search of Prophets, Debora Spar, President of Barnard College, asks,
“Where is the philosopher of the digital age?”
Among others, her paper makes four claims:
Claim 1: “Sadly, he or she [a philosopher of the digital age] doesn’t exist.”
Claim 2: “I don’t believe that higher education bears much of the blame for the inequities that now confront our country, or for the gloomy forecasts that have driven our students to the streets in protest.” Continue reading “Where is the philosopher of the digital age?”