Is Ford Driving In The Wrong Lane?

Last week, I was invited to attend a small discussion on the reform of

college education. The ambit of the discussion, thankfully, was not very

large.

Indeed, it could not have been narrower. It was confined entirely to

what the response of just one college ought to be to the market

requirements of the 21st century.

The college is worried. The courses it is offering are, with a few

exceptions, largely useless as they do not help students find jobs.

In consequence, the dropout rates have become high. Students leave in

droves to enrol in more useful, non-university, courses. The dropout

rate at the undergraduat