Humanities, Anyone?
Apr 11, 2012 by Jascha Kessler |
Jascha Kessler explains why teaching the humanities just isn't what it use to be.
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Since When is “Liberal” a Code Word for the Right Wing?
Mar 19, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
The Wall Street Journal picks up the Shimer College story, in which faculty complain that "liberty" and "liberal" are "code words for the right wing."
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Yuri Glazov and the Fight for Liberty
Mar 12, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
A professor who challenged the cruel oppression of the Soviet Union serves as an example for us today.
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Shimer College Adopts Liberty-Centered Mission Rejected by Faculty
Feb 25, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Tom Lindsay, president of the Great Books college, has made himself highly unpopular by insisting on a return to the ideals of Western civilization. Faculty members unanimously opposed a new mission statement which emphasizes,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Four Rented Rooms and a Big Idea: Shimer College at the Crossroads
Jan 27, 2010 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
A tiny Great Books college in Chicago encounters a clash of ideas.
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Higher Education and Economic Growth
Sep 23, 2009 by Tom Wood |
Tom Wood makes the case that higher education is worth public support.
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Where Do We Start? Reforming American Education
May 21, 2009 by Peter Wood |
10 principles for restoring the integrity of our education.
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An Education Lived
Feb 20, 2009 by David Steiner |
This article, a vivid autobiography chronicling Steiner's early years and road to Oxford, was published in the "Liberal Education and the Family" issue of Academic Questions (vol. 22, no.1).
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Globalizing Higher Education in the Liberal Arts
Feb 18, 2009 by Tom Wood |
Liberal arts education has been under attack recently in the U.S. as meaningless and irrelevant, but it is gaining a foothold in other countries.
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Educating the Rich and Powerful: The College Backgrounds of America’s Richest…
Nov 12, 2008 by Tom Wood |
How higher education has influenced the business world
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Election Eve
Nov 03, 2008 by Peter Wood |
When tempted to fret over the election, read world history...
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NAS Cheers “Enduring Questions”
Sep 12, 2008 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS hails with appreciation the announcement of the National Endowment for the Humanities' new "Enduring Questions" program.
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Night Makes Right: Stanley Fish’s Candelabra of Truth
Sep 03, 2008 by Peter Wood |
In his new book, Save the World on Your Own Time, Stanley Fish writes, "If you
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Are Students Customers? Yes
Aug 29, 2008 by Ed Cutting |
One of our members, Ed Cutting, argues that students should be treated with a customer service model based on the free market. After all, higher education can't get much worse, can it?
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Jailhouse Ed
Jun 20, 2008 by Adrianna Groth, Peter Wood |
If prisoners can earn college degrees while incarcerated, can the Liberal Arts liberate?
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