This article bemoans the pending closure of Hampshire College and its "student-driven, unorthodox approach to education (that) has roots in the early 1900s and a belief that students should be active, engaged learners." Austin Sarat seeks throughout the article to comprehend why this, and other nontraditional liberal arts institutions in Vermont, would be closing. Perhaps "because Hampshire remained steadfastly unconventional, its failure may encourage schools to double down on offerings they know will attract a job-anxious generation of students." It never seems to occur to Sarat that it's perhaps because "in the 2025-26 school year costs more than US$72,000." I mean, if you're going to pay that, you may as well go to Yale. You might not become 'intelligent', but it won't matter.
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