One of Ireland’s very few liberal arts colleges set to close, with its lands transferred to a technological university.
Carlow College to close after almost 250 years
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2026/05/20/carlow-college-to-close-after-almost-250-years/
Education is becoming ever more utilitarian. We train for work and never for the enrichment of the mind. We forget the point.
To make matters worse, the staff had been led to believe the institutions were to merge, with their jobs intact. They’re all to be made redundant.
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