A shal m college, where i'm the president, has similar aspirations. We do not do education exactly the way that saint john's does a. But we believe deeply in the reading of great texts around a small table with a small group of students. You don't have professors there. I think you have tutors, people who lead those conversations. And ye, i would often say that after four years of reading these books, and theyre difficult books, e o,. reading the papers of einstein, a your lobicenski. These students are reading, you know, musical theory rather than just w howt how to sing notes. They're studying ancient languages. After
What is real education? What can colleges provide their students? Pano Kanelos, president of the new college-to-be in Austin, UATX, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of education, what the Great Books can teach us, and how we should rethink college education in today's world.