EP75 Education, Expectations and Critical Thinking - Juwana Jenkins

Juwana Jenkins is a professor at the University of New York in Prague.  She began teaching as a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea, where she was also an instructor at the Seoul National Language Research Institute. With a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Honors in Media Studies.   Juwana also trains executives in international companies in communications and presentation skills. On this episode we discussed the status of education as there have been so many changes to education over the past decades.  Much more availability, greater equality when it comes to access but at the same time one might ask if there are too many people getting a degree? Are the schools leaving out some important things that prepare people for life?   How does school prepare people for innovation and entrepreneurship? Is there enough focus on critical thinking? Why can’t people pay off their student loans? And a lot more