"I think it has a lot to do with what we expect of our children as they mature, leave high school and go troh this weird period called college," he says. "In many ways, you know, our orlet universities operate like akind of modern version of a court,. And that, i think, is also part of the how that came to be."
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.