Jen and Jon Johnson

On Aug. 29, 1991, the Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.

This post by Guy Kawasaki is right on for what is wrong with the modern liberal arts education and is the reason that people who go to business school and learn nothing get great jobs. A good liberal education should teach students to adapt to their surroundings wherever they are. A century ago it was important to quote Kant and understand Thoreau in order to be seen as educated because these were the educational currency of the times. Today it is much more important to be able to learn fast and adapt to change because once you get your foot in the door this is the only thing that will keep you there. Education in the 21^st century will need to focus on fast paced skill acquisition and social adaptation, two areas for which extra-curricular education is particularly well suited. Student Affairs administrators need to prepare students not keep the jobs that their degree gets them.

On August 28, 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.