My own view is that the general education curriculum that a college picks has to be appropriate for the kind of student body that it has.
Louis MenandI do worry a lot about the time it takes for people to get a PhD, about the difficulty of finding employment, about the difficulty of getting tenure, and generally about the perception that undergraduates have, that this is a very high-risk career to get started.
Louis MenandCognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem to be kind of where the trend line is leading.
Louis MenandPublic circulation is what renders something a quotation. It's quotable because it's been quoted, and its having been quoted gives it authority.
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