The Atlantic nails it again, as they often do.  Here's their take on why people should want to go to college.  Though it's written about "poor kids" there are lessons here for all.

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/the-danger-of-telling-poor-kids-that-college-is-the-key-to-social-mobility/283120/

PS: Extra points for selecting Swarthmore's Parrish Hall as the lead image!

The Wunderkammer is on the march!

In an arguably perverse retro move, museum curators are returning to the origins of museums with "Cabinet of Curiousity" installations.  Let the wonder begin:

Philip Hoare's January 13, 2014 article in The Guardian: Museum and gallery curators reopen the cabinet of curiosities concept Stuffed pelicans, bell-jarred oddities and unicorn horns: the wunderkammer – or 'cabinet of curiosities' – is a macabre, colonial throwback. So why is it back in vogue?