Comments on: Yet Another Example of Universities Outliving Their Usefulness http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/03/11/yet-another-example-of-universities-outliving-their-usefulness/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:27:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: igloogirl http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/03/11/yet-another-example-of-universities-outliving-their-usefulness/#comment-180088 igloogirl Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:01:31 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/03/11/yet-another-example-of-universities-outliving-their-usefulness/#comment-180088 Why should I send my children into the current lions den of a university education, funded by me, only to learn how to hate me and everything I stand for: Christianity, conservatism and living a life with a conscience? Why should I send my children into the current lions den of a university education, funded by me, only to learn how to hate me and everything I stand for: Christianity, conservatism and living a life with a conscience?

]]> By: Marsilius of Padua http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/03/11/yet-another-example-of-universities-outliving-their-usefulness/#comment-179988 Marsilius of Padua Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:31:17 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/03/11/yet-another-example-of-universities-outliving-their-usefulness/#comment-179988 The original universities were based on the learning model of Plato's Academy, which was very much a collaborative learning model. Liberal arts is true communism, if you read Plato's Republic Book V. The modern university, which is based on the Prussian model of the 19th century, ranks research as primary and thereby treats knowledge as individual. Plato taught as to understand reality. Modern universities want us to learn things. These mark 2 very different approaches. It seems the group at Ryerson want to learn things but along the lines of the Platonic model. Why not just admit that and read Plato? The original universities were based on the learning model of Plato’s Academy, which was very much a collaborative learning model. Liberal arts is true communism, if you read Plato’s Republic Book V. The modern university, which is based on the Prussian model of the 19th century, ranks research as primary and thereby treats knowledge as individual. Plato taught as to understand reality. Modern universities want us to learn things. These mark 2 very different approaches.

It seems the group at Ryerson want to learn things but along the lines of the Platonic model. Why not just admit that and read Plato?

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