THE ECLIPSE OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM
By Fr. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino
In a few weeks, that which many students dread will happen—the opening of the new school year. Despite spiraling costs of tertiary education, many will flock to our universities and colleges with differing degrees of enthusiasm and aptitude and, so the common thinking goes, after four years or so, they will be qualified for employment. Courses used to be simple and the choices few. They are now as many and as diverse as the imaginativeness of curriculum planners.
By Fr. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino
In a few weeks, that which many students dread will happen—the opening of the new school year. Despite spiraling costs of tertiary education, many will flock to our universities and colleges with differing degrees of enthusiasm and aptitude and, so the common thinking goes, after four years or so, they will be qualified for employment. Courses used to be simple and the choices few. They are now as many and as diverse as the imaginativeness of curriculum planners.