Educating for Solitude: A Conversation with William Deresiewicz
Episode Ep 67 49 min 2s

Educating for Solitude: A Conversation with William Deresiewicz

From New Books in Education Marshall Poe
What kind of person is our education system designed to create? Best-selling author and award-winning essayist William Deresiewicz discusses the failures of our higher education system, how it mis-conditions our elite, and fails to value the humanities, as well as his latest collection of essays, The End of Solitude. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

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