Smart Social Podcast: Keeping students safe so they can Shine Online

A Conversation about Higher Education and Finding Purpose with Parent Compass and Guest, Bill Deresiewicz

Episode Summary

In this episode of The Parent Compass on SmartSocial, Cindy Muchnick and Jenn Curtis interview Bill Deresiewicz, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, about the challenges students are facing on elite college campuses. The author chronicles conversations, statistics, and anecdotes from his boots-on-the-ground experience as a former Yale professor and Columbia instructor; he shares his observations of his own students and others he interviewed at dozens of other college campuses around the country. Bill discusses the theme of pursuing purpose and why liberal arts majors are relevant. The episode also explores “overbearing parents” and why many college students are unable to think for themselves and are depleted, exhausted, and unenthused about learning for learning’s sake.

Episode Notes

With refreshing honesty and candidness, Bill examines a broken higher education system and how it can be remedied. He calls on students to approach their college years with curiosity and a desire to learn for the sake of learning rather than following a path that ultimately leaves them unfulfilled.

Bill Deresiewicz is the New York Times Best-Selling Author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. He is also the author of the new book The Death of an Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech. He is an award-winning essayist and critic, a frequent speaker at colleges, high schools, and other venues, and has published more than 250 essays and reviews. Bill taught English at Yale and Columbia before becoming a full-time writer in 2008. 

To purchase his book, visit https://billderesiewicz.com/books/excellent-sheep/

 

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