Dale Stephens, 19, is urging his peers to rethink the need for college, arguing that they can get more out of pursuing real-world skills than they can from school.
By Laurel Rosenhall
He calls it the UnCollege movement. Nineteen-year-old Dale Stephens is urging his peers to rethink the need for college, arguing that they can get more out of pursuing real-world skills than completing homework assignments and studying for exams. "I want to change the notion that a college degree is the only path to professional success," said Stephens, who lives in San Francisco, where he is building the UnCollege movement and developing a Web-based company. Stephens is part of a small but growing chorus of entrepreneurs, free thinkers and former students who are questioning the value of higher education. The attack is coming from multiple directions: those who say college costs far more than it should; those who say students learn far less than they should; and those who argue the graduation rates are abysmal...[continued]
