Wednesday, April 18, 2007

School of Public Policy

There have been criticisms that the Frank Batten School is exactly what Thomas Jefferson did not intend the University to be. Should not every student be prepared for public service? Does this school aim to create a class of lifelong politicians and bureaucrats devoid of any connection to the working people of the world? What role would such a school serve in a University devoted to the illimitable freedom of the human mind?

Link to UVAToday article:
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=1857

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