Project Gutenberg 2022-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 167 Kallen, Horace Meyer 1882 1974 Kallen, Horace M. (Horace Meyer) Kallen, H. M. (Horace Meyer) College prolongs infancy $aUnited States :$bThe John Day Company,$c1932. Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "College Prolongs Infancy" by Horace M. Kallen is a critical essay written in the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1930s. The book evaluates the educational system, particularly focusing on how colleges and universities contribute to a prolonged period of immaturity in students rather than preparing them for adulthood. Kallen argues that the ideals and practices of higher education are largely irrelevant to the real-life challenges faced by graduates, perpetuating a sense of dependency and childishness instead of fostering maturity and responsibility. In the book, Kallen presents a thorough critique of the higher education system, illustrating how its structure and curriculum are disconnected from the realities of adult life. He highlights that students often emerge from this system ill-equipped for real-world responsibilities, having excelled in subjects that lack practical application. Kallen discusses the societal implications of this failure, emphasizing that the prolonged youthful state enforced by colleges delays individuals' entry into adulthood, with practical skills often overshadowed by theoretical knowledge. He decries this state of affairs as detrimental not only to the students but to society at large, arguing for a reformation of educational practices that better align with the requirements of both personal development and societal engagement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.308676 20211201044250kallen 1932 US Reading ease score: 50.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Education, Higher Universities and colleges -- United States Students -- United States LA Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Sociology Category: Teaching & Education 76506 2025-09-27T07:29:45.379447 text/html 52265 2024-10-18T23:28:40 text/html 280475 2025-09-27T07:29:47.728453 application/epub+zip 279044 2025-09-27T07:29:46.098458 application/epub+zip 117035 2025-09-27T07:29:45.735464 application/epub+zip 522174 2025-09-27T07:29:49.201425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507937 2025-09-27T07:29:47.475461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371997 2022-09-30T20:51:18.957389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66997 2025-09-27T07:29:45.259444 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47024 2024-10-18T23:28:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17605 2025-09-27T07:29:49.330400 application/rdf+xml 13428 2025-09-27T07:29:45.915416 image/jpeg 2303 2025-09-27T07:29:45.823421 image/jpeg 281592 2025-09-27T07:29:45.392464 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia