Excerpt from The Utility of an Academic Education for Young Men Who Have to Earn Their Own Living and Who Expect to Pursue a Commercial Life: An Investigation
The question whether an academic, or even a high-school course, is of benefit to young men who have to make their own way in the business world and intend entering upon a commercial life, is one of such vital importance and is surrounded by so much doubt that it is high time it was thoroughly investigated, for, if the facts are as many believe, these institutions are a most stupendous mistake, if not a positive injury to this class of young men.
A great deal has been written on this subject, but, so far as I have been able to discover, the writers have given merely their opinions or theories, not facts.
It has seemed to me that the statements of the actual experience of a large number of prominent business men, of heads of universities, and of college graduates themselves, would be of great assistance in arriving at something tangible on this subject. I have, therefore, made quite an extensive investigation along this line, the results of which are herein given, together with certain comments.
It should be borne in mind that wherever college education is mentioned herein, it refers exclusively to an academic course, as indicated by the title of this article.
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