Readings:
Louis Menands Live and Learn: Why We Have College
David Foster Wallaces Kenyon Commencement Speech
Charles Murrays Too Many People Are Going to College
Javiar Cabral’s “How I Almost Didn’t Fail Algebra”
Kurt Streeters Struggling at the Crossroads
Louis Menand offers three succinct theories that help explain the various purposes of higher education. In a focused, well-developed essay, argue which of the three theories in Menands Why We Have College you believe the Cal State University system should emphasize and why. In addition to Menands piece, youll need to incorporate an author that you mostly disagree with (either Wallace, Murray, or Cabral). Focusing on one theory.
Audience and purpose: Your main readers for this paper are concerned California tax payers (think parents of college students) and perhaps college faculty and administrators responsible for the CSU mission.Your purpose is to define the rather conflicting rationales for college, and then argue what you think is the best rationale/theory. Help convince Californians what the primary purpose of a college education should be.
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