Here's the video we viewed today, which led to questions about the future and relevance of higher education:
Michael Wesch later followed up with some comments about his video.
Here is a blog post in response to Wesch's video, from which I quoted today in class: "Higher Education--Dangerously Close to Becoming Irrelevant"
Despite my devil's advocacy in class today, as a college instructor, I obviously do believe in the inherent worth of a college education. The bachelor's degree may not guarantee a dream job right after graduation, and one may conduct research online, and one may find that information gathered beyond the confines of the classroom has more utility and personal value, but I would think that the degree facilitates the career search, information is easier to gather (even online) if one is affiliated with a university library that provides access to certain restricted (read: too expensive for individual subscription) databases and collections, and information learned in the classroom can have worth independent of its relevance to future vocation or even personal interest. What are your thoughts on these issues and others brought up in Wesch's video?
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