Frank Bruni tells us about an innovative seminar on The Opinion Pages  HERE.   “This was the seminar’s sixth consecutive summer and the first in which the number of students rose to 30 from 15. The course intends to get them ready for higher education, and that isn’t unusual in and of itself. Many summer

An interesting interview  about the matter with Michael S. Roth, author of Beyond the University, on NPR:  Amid Rising College Costs, A Defense of the Liberal Arts by NPR Staff. “Higher education in the United States has traditionally functioned as a vehicle for social mobility. And as costs have escalated and financial aid has not kept up with