Career AND Education

This column has tried periodically to point readers to books, often fiction but also non-fiction, that describe professional careers in sufficient depth to be instructive. The most recent specific example was the column “Career Paths and Biochemistry Books” of March 27. The purpose has always been to offer insight, especially because that is such a difficult thing for young people to gain early on when approaching college choices. I know that from my own children and grandchildren. Then, an article appeared in the New York Times by Bret C. Devereaux on April 2, 2023, whose title, “Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools,” made me take pause. Have I, in my own words, tilted the playing field too much in terms of career planning, rather than developing a learned and learni…