Phi Beta Cons

Twenty-Six-Year-Olds in Diapers?

David Bass of the John Locke Foundation has a sharp piece here, in which he argues that we now have lots of 26-year-olds in diapers (figuratively) owing to the influence of college. Instead of augmenting their human capital, college for many kids just prolongs adolescence and gives them a set of false expectations. The “Occupy” crowds are largely composed of such people.

George Leef is the the director of editorial content at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He is the author of The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale: A Political Fable for Our Time.
Exit mobile version