College: What It Was, Is and Should Be: a Special Online Conversation with Professor Andrew Delbanco

You are invited! We received word from the National Humanities Center that "a special online conversation" entitled College: What It Was, Is and Should Be is scheduled for September 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. This online forum is open to all.

The forum will be hosted and facilitated by Professor Andrew Delbanco. He is a National Humanities Center Fellow, Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities and Director of the American Studies Program at Columbia University, New York.  
   
Graduating from college has traditionally been, and for many Americans still is, a much-desired goal. But increasingly the value and make-up of a college education is being questioned. Is college worth the expense? Is a degree needed for success in contemporary America? Should college prepare a student for a job or for a life? 
  
Professor Andrew Delbanco addresses these and other timely questions in his new book College: What It Was, Is  and Should Be. Professor Delbanco explores the history and purpose of American higher education and illuminates how tensions between character formation and professional training, as well as those between teaching and research, have shaped our colleges and universities.

This eventdoes not provide credit hours. Register today for this free, online conversation on a subject that has profound implications for America's future.  Click here.