Please, students, take that ‘impractical’ humanities course. We will all benefit.
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Last fall, on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, where I serve as president, I happened to overhear a conversation among a group of students. One student was telling the others that he had decided not to enroll in an introductory philosophy course that he had sampled during the “add/drop” period at the start of the semester. The demands of his major, he said, meant that he needed to take “practical” courses. With an exaggerated sigh, he mused that “enlightenment” would simply have to wait. For now, employability was paramount. What can you do? His friends shrugged. You gotta get a job.
Originally published: September 14, 2018
Author: Ronald J. Daniels
Position: President
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Published by: The Washington Post