tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post3157210300544925335..comments2024-03-09T12:20:24.017-08:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #239 / Where I'm From Is No Longer Where I'm AtGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-79066387100187572522015-10-27T15:32:43.217-07:002015-10-27T15:32:43.217-07:00Thanks to both Eric and Skip. Nice to know that ot...Thanks to both Eric and Skip. Nice to know that others share my reservations!Gary A. Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-59810228861141564712015-08-27T10:20:59.730-07:002015-08-27T10:20:59.730-07:00My daughter graduated from SU in '04 and benef...My daughter graduated from SU in '04 and benefited from a brief revival in undergraduate education initiated by then president Gerhard Casper who was genuinely concerned about the liberal arts. But the student body had already changed significantly by then and Casper appears to have been gently eased out of office. Hennessy has gone gangbusters in the opposite direction. As I mentioned in my class book page, this is all traceable to Fred Terman.Fowler W Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584775359714556742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-24877836592893818332015-08-27T09:50:03.021-07:002015-08-27T09:50:03.021-07:00I graduated from Stanford in 1979 with a degree in...I graduated from Stanford in 1979 with a degree in History. If vast numbers of current students want to learn to code more than how to learn how to think then so be it. Missed opportunity for them. Humanities will not die at Stanford. And even if they did there are plenty of outstanding liberal arts colleges and universities in this country to choose from.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853683341502799237noreply@blogger.com