Comments on: Education Gap http://madisonian.net/2008/04/10/education-gap/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Deven http://madisonian.net/2008/04/10/education-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-247151 Deven Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:06:47 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1377#comment-247151 Mike Great point. I know some engineering schools require writing courses. The explanation given is how will anyone know what you have done if you cannot communicate it? That approach is not uniform, however. Still so many do come from liberal arts backgrounds that the lack of analytical and writing skills seems to have a broader source. Mike

Great point. I know some engineering schools require writing courses. The explanation given is how will anyone know what you have done if you cannot communicate it? That approach is not uniform, however. Still so many do come from liberal arts backgrounds that the lack of analytical and writing skills seems to have a broader source.

]]> By: Mike Zimmer http://madisonian.net/2008/04/10/education-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-246996 Mike Zimmer Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:51:18 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=1377#comment-246996 While much undergraduate education might be dumbed down, another explanation for the common complaint that law students today don't write very well is that the range of undergraduate (and graduate) backgrounds has broadened so much. Back in the day, most law students came from a liberal arts background and had reasonably good experience writing. I think most liberal arts graduates of today do as well. But today so many students come with a background in science, math, social sciences. The writing experiences these students have had is simply not as close to the writing required. Indeed, many have had little writing experience at all. While much undergraduate education might be dumbed down, another explanation for the common complaint that law students today don’t write very well is that the range of undergraduate (and graduate) backgrounds has broadened so much. Back in the day, most law students came from a liberal arts background and had reasonably good experience writing. I think most liberal arts graduates of today do as well. But today so many students come with a background in science, math, social sciences. The writing experiences these students have had is simply not as close to the writing required. Indeed, many have had little writing experience at all.

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