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“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government (Thomas Jefferson).� If democracy is based upon each individual in society, who can think of what is good for society better for themselves, than themselves? Who can and will engage in debate and discussion on this topic? Colleges are places to edify such an individual in and through one’s education. It is, however, a tendency and a trend these days in general, that colleges are training places for technical know how that is valuable to society, i.e. computer tech, law enforcement, beauty salon, cooking, etc. This form of higher education is very utilitarian, which does serve a purpose and our country well, but does not include offering an environment for these students to think outside the box, that would have to be left to the individual. When TV commercials on technical colleges appear every other minute, one can easily understand the vocationalization of advanced education for future job......

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