"Graduate education is the Detroit of higher learning", says Mark C. Taylor, chairman of Columbia's religion department. Taylor's op-ed in the NYT goes on to describe the need for Universities to adopt a more collaborative and cross-disciplinary approach to education. Discuss
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This should be a no-duh moment. With the possible exception of Ph.D's I cannot conceive of a defensible reason for anyone getting a Masters in anything that is singularly focused. I would prefer, and think should be the norm, to design my own Master program.
some good points, but also, its always funny how those with the most job security tend to be the ones arguing for the elimination of job security. its certainly great to have people making new thoughts and contributions to the world. its certainly not the only role of people and teachers though...
a few good points - I understand where he is coming from on #2, but it's a really stupid idea. I'd advocate more problem-solving cross-discipline research within a specific program (many science and engineering programs do a pretty good job at this) - but I can see what he is proposing quickly turning into more people spending a lot of time thinking and talking about a perceived "problem" instead of actually getting out there and doing something about it.
more discussion here: whither architecture school
It's a good proposal . . . of course, with this little info that's easy to say . . . the glaring problem is that he sounds kind of cloistered himself- he assumes that the only reason anybody goes to grad school is to become a professor. He should probably take of the theological horse blinders and see that many graduate programs feed working professions. His world must be incredibly insulated. He needs this proposal . . . desperately.
Back in the 90's, Taylor's "Erring" was on every architectural studio reading list. In retrospect, this book was kind of a window into a closed space. Rich, but closed.
i meant "take off the theo . . . ."
sorry for the tangent, but detroit gets no love...i hate this false negative analogies, regardless of its meant to be about the auto industry or not...
set off the whole article in the wrong footing for me...
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