What is the Purpose of Education? (with Annie Crawford)

As more and more people are questioning the usefulness of higher education, it's worthwhile to ask: what is the purpose of education in the first place? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss with educator and cultural apologist Annie Crawford.

References and resources:

What students want from college: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/true-purpose-college-education

Why young people are abandoning college: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/why-more-americans-are-skipping-college

Historical development of modern education: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-understanding-the-historical-purposes-of-modern-schooling-matters-today/

CS Lewis on education: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/52604-education-without-values-as-useful-as-it-is-seems-rather

Martin Luther King Jr. on education: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education

Blesses

Educating the Wholehearted Child (Book)
Community (TV Show)
Rope (Movie)
Beauty for Truth's Sake (Book)
Beauty in the Word (Book)


Curses

Dead Poets Society (Movie)
Mona Lisa Smile (Movie)
AI/Chat GPT (Technology)


Websites:

Nathan Clarkson: nathanclarkson.me
Joseph Holmes: josephholmesstudios.com
Annie Crawford: anniecrawford.net