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Colleges And Universities, For All The Benefits They Bring, Accomplish Far Less For Their Students Than They Should. Many Students Graduate Without Being Able To Write Well Enough To Satisfy Their Employers... Reason Clearly Or Perform Competently In Analyzing Complex, Non-technical Problems.

I Suspect That No Community Will Become Humane And Caring By Restricting What Its Members Can Say.

I Don't Think The Alternative To Yale Is Jail By Any Means. On The Other Hand, There Is A Mass Of Research That Does Show That There Are Real Advantages To Your Subsequent Career In Going To Selective Institutions.

Education, And I Regret To Say This As An Educator, But There's No Indication That Education Has A Direct Effect On Happiness.

Critics Of American Colleges Typically Attribute The Failings Of Undergraduate Education To A Tendency On The Part Of Professors To Neglect Their Teaching To Concentrate On Research. In Fact, The Evidence Does Not Support This Thesis, Except Perhaps In Major Research Universities.