Passage 3
Question 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
Last week, Seth Priebatsch, the CEO and founder of SCVNGR, wrote a post encouraging young people with entrepreneurial aspirations(创业愿望) to drop out of college. (79)He may be right, but that makes me sad.
I've been worrying about Priebatsch's "drop-out" advice because for the most part, I think it's terrible counsel. As a parent who pays two college tuitions, I'm a strong believer in the importance of higher education not just because think degrees will help my kids get good jobs, but because the college experience is making them better, smarter, and more interesting people. (80)They have the rest of their lives to start companies if they choose to do that, but when else will they be free to study art history, read great books, learn to write well, or become fluent in another language? And from a more practical perspective, they've creating relationships with classmates and professors that will benefit them personally and professionally for a lifetime.
Entrepreneurship(创业) as career path is now widely popular and it's my view that this generation will emerge as the most entrepreneurial generation in history. But colleges and universities are way behind the curve on this trend. Sure, there are now over 400 distinguished professors in graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs with more than 200,000 students, according to the Kauffman Foundation. But if you're well on your way to starting a company as a freshman, a class or two in entrepreneurship is not going to keep you happy and it's probably not going to help you grow your company.
Here's my solution: colleges and universities need to come up with a whole new curriculum(课程设置) for young entrepreneurs so that they can continue to learn the skills they need to succeed in business but still enjoy the resources that higher learning offers.
