June 4, 2004

Colleges Must Reconstruct the Unity of Knowledge

By VARTAN GREGORIAN

Anyone who has spent time in a college classroom knows what students want from higher education. For most students, college is a time for self-discovery, for developing passionate interests, and for trying to weave them into a meaningful career. Studies bear this out: In 1999 the Mellman Group, a market-research consulting firm, surveyed college students younger than 31 years old and found that 80 percent said it is "very important" for them to find work that "will make a positive difference

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