He’s also stated a desire to form an “American Academy”. A Free College paid for by money gotten via one form or another from The current crop of Private and Public Colleges and Universities that are causing many of the problems.
So if I had to venture a guess at a potential Higher education game plan. The proposed “American Academy” should it actually be launched will largely handle General Education courses and perhaps a few of the more generic Bachelors/Associates Degrees for the general populace.
While the new/reformed Colleges will have the opportunity to hyper specialize. Instead of needing to offer a full selection of classes. They can primarily offer classes largely focused on 1-2 categories and thereby can afford to have them taught by high-end specialists and people with experience in the career field. As opposed to career academics who haven’t stepped off a Campus and mingled with us “Commoners” in decades. Making the investment in pursuing Higher Education more likely to be worth it.
Liberal arts can still be a thing, but supplemental, not a main course of study. Meaning, everyone should know why War and Peace is important, for example, but not everyone has to read the whole thing.
He’s also stated a desire to form an “American Academy”. A Free College paid for by money gotten via one form or another from The current crop of Private and Public Colleges and Universities that are causing many of the problems.
So if I had to venture a guess at a potential Higher education game plan. The proposed “American Academy” should it actually be launched will largely handle General Education courses and perhaps a few of the more generic Bachelors/Associates Degrees for the general populace.
While the new/reformed Colleges will have the opportunity to hyper specialize. Instead of needing to offer a full selection of classes. They can primarily offer classes largely focused on 1-2 categories and thereby can afford to have them taught by high-end specialists and people with experience in the career field. As opposed to career academics who haven’t stepped off a Campus and mingled with us “Commoners” in decades. Making the investment in pursuing Higher Education more likely to be worth it.
Liberal arts can still be a thing, but supplemental, not a main course of study. Meaning, everyone should know why War and Peace is important, for example, but not everyone has to read the whole thing.