Another Look at Maine Maritime: Who is Providing Value, to Whom, and How?
by James Fallows
In response to our series of posts about Maine Maritime Academy, we heard from a reader who pushes back on the notion that the merchant-marine academies provide very high career-earnings value to their students, at a low cost. Jim lets him have the floor here to make the argument that the “value added” in higher salaries comes from legislatively protected earnings for merchant seamen. More on this argument, including strong counter-arguments, coming soon. (Read it here.)
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Another Honor for Maine Maritime Academy, at an Important Time
Another Honor for Maine Maritime Academy, at an Important Time
by James Fallows
This is an update, with news, about Maine Maritime Academy, an institution that perfectly illustrates an important theme we’ve developed in the American Futures project about education in this country. Fallows tells us about the continuing, well-deserved recognition MMA is receiving for the incredible “added value” of its degree programs. Poignantly, Fallows also offers an appreciation for the five MMA alumni who lost their lives when the cargo ship El Faro sank on October 1 during Hurricane Joaquin. (Read it here.)
Career-Oriented Education vs. the Liberal Arts
Career-Oriented Education vs. the Liberal Arts
by John Tierney
Readers weigh in with compelling opinions on Maine Maritime Academy, liberal-arts colleges, and big questions. (Read it here.)
Who Are You Calling a Vocational School? In Defense of Maine Maritime
Who Are You Calling a Vocational School? In Defense of Maine Maritime
by John Tierney
Holy cow. Now my blood pressure was rising, and I didn’t even have a dog in this fight. I didn’t go to MMA; I just wrote about it. But I resented – on behalf of Maine Maritime Academy and its students and faculty, past and present – the smug, arrogant condescension of her reply. (Read it here.)
An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy
An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy
by John Tierney
How a school you’ve (probably) never heard of is preparing students for good jobs. (Read it here.)