Keywords

education, career, potential

Abstract

I'm about to say something a college professor shouldn't say to his students, but I care about you a lot so I'm prepared to break the code and say what needs to be said: Your college experience is likely to set back your education, your career, and your creative potential. Ironically, this will be done in the name of education. You deserve to know about this! You have what it takes to reclaim, reform, and remix your education. Don't let college unplug your future!

Original Publication Citation

“Dear Students: Don’t Let College Unplug Your Future” in Brian Jackson, ed. Perspectives on New Media: University Writing (Brigham Young University, 2010): 88-97. (original: AcademicEvolution.com.) Reprinted as “Dear Students” in Dan Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt, eds. Hacking the Academy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013): 63-65. (online)