Has an "all-round" education been destroyed by the progress of knowledge?

This article criticises the shift towards a career-orientated education system in the US, at the expense of a more well-rounded education.

Has an "all-round" education been destroyed by the progress of knowledge?

Ruth Horazek The Futures Company, Chapel Hill

The time when it was possible to be universally well-informed is past. The ideal of an "all-round" education is out of date; it has been destroyed by the progress of knowledge. —Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays 1928.

Knowledge has progressed still further since 1928; and so has technology. Was Russell right then; and is he now?

David Rubenstein, Co-founder of the Carlyle group recently noted in a speech, "You shouldn't enter college worried about what you will do when...

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