Commentary: College’s purpose is to create citizens, not to be a job placement service
by Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune
Feb 20, 2023
3 minutes
On his first day in office in January, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared that most state jobs would not require a college degree. And in his State of the Union address this month, President Joe Biden put forth a “blue-collar blueprint to repair America” that emphasized well-paid jobs for working-class people. “Let’s offer every American the path to a good career whether they go to college or not,” Biden urged.
They’re right: You shouldn’t have to attend college to acquire decent-paying employment. So why have college at all?
To prepare citizens,
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