Feb. 6, 2017: Caplan *97 Discusses Education’s Real Value; Schultz ’54 Backs New PBS Documentary; and More

By Brett Tomlinson

Published Feb. 6, 2018

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Economist and author Bryan Caplan *97 argues that there is “an enormous gap between the education that people receive and what they actually use.” — The Chronicle of Higher Education

Executive producer Chiz Schultz ’54 was a catalyst in the creation of Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, a documentary film about A Raisin in the Sun playwright Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on PBS Jan. 19. — The New York Times

Publisher and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes ’70 will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in May. — NJ.com

Woodrow Wilson School alumna Toddi Steelman *92 was chosen as the next dean of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. — Duke Today

Caltech chemistry professor Dennis Dougherty *78 was named director of the school’s Beckman Institute, an interdisciplinary research center that develops technologies used in chemistry and biology. — Caltech News

In a recent interview, Robert Caro ’57 discusses the research for the next book in his five-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. — The New York Review of Books

1 Response

Norman Ravitch *62

6 Years Ago

Bryan Caplan seems to think that one should use what one has learned, or, that one should only learn what one will use. But how can you know what learning would be usable in the future? Of course much of what we learn, mathematics for instance, is utterly useless unless you are in science and related fields, but only by learning math could you see how it could be useful and this might well determine your future. Utilitarianism is flawed because it always presumes we know the future. Heck! We don't even know the past or the present, much less the future.