The Death of the College Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
The University Will Survive, But in Very Different Form, Says Kevin Carey
American society is obsessed with change and the future—yet our institutions of higher education love to advertise how long they’ve been around. Why? Kevin Carey, author of The End of College and education policy director at the New America Foundation, told a crowd at the ASU Art Museum that it’s because universities want to signal to us that they’ve always been here—and will always be the same. However, “that’s not really true,” he said. At an event co-presented by Arizona State University, Carey explained how American universities evolved, and where …
