Are colleges shaping minds for today's workforce or fostering tomorrow's leaders?
Radio Atlantic host Adam Harris dives into the Atlantic archives to explore the debate between two towering figures: Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, over the purpose of higher education.
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00:00 The College Question
00:48 Washington and Tuskegee
04:10 Du Bois and Liberal Learning
06:56 Debate Today and End Credits
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