Having been dragged through listening to the core curriculum debates at our Liberal Arts college this year, I wondered what this was in reaction to (let's face it, everything vanDyck is advocating-- Computer programming, web design, introductory economics and business courses-- IS a trade school thing, thank you, and you can buy that education for peanuts at your community college). My brain hurts, because vanDyck's recommendations have nothing to do with the Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School, and in fact, many of the things taught in the classes he advocates, at least nowadays, are directly counter to what the writer wanted to learn in school.
Er?