More and more colleges are likening themselves to Hogwarts, the fictional school where Harry Potter and friends foiled “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” over the course of seven books. While the comparison is a bit silly, the real issue is the generic way in which many colleges describe themselves, making it difficult for students to distinguish one school that’s just like Hogwarts from another school that is also just like Hogwarts.
Don’t Learn a Trade. Learn to Think.
Tom Friedman is a clever guy, and imaginative. In a recent Op-Ed written for the New York Times, he encourages students to seek out educational opportunities that will make them “untouchable.” But what do those opportunities look like, and how does Centre factor in to them?