If Famous Jewish Sports Legends is the leaflet in the punchline of a joke about “light reading” in the movie Airplane!, and Jewish Nobel Prize Winners would be a tome, Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik’s Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship is . . . . Continue Reading »
The liberally educated person is called to share what he or she has learned for knowledge's own sake. Continue Reading »
Jeremy Tate joins the podcast to discuss the history of the Classic Learning Test and why it is important for American higher education. Continue Reading »
The rising generation of leaders knows next to nothing about the great thinkers who have shaped our history. Who can blame them? They have been educated during the Great Forgetting. We have embarked on a remarkable experiment: a society governed by those who have little knowledge of the humanities, . . . . Continue Reading »
Conservative commentators have long bemoaned the proliferation of “studies” fields in the university. Women’s and gender studies are well known, but now students can take courses in topics as unusual as “surf studies” and “fat studies.” Given all the boring lectures that undergraduates . . . . Continue Reading »
Our higher education climate and our culture at large render the world of our households, vocations, and communities remote from the world of dorms, reading quizzes, and library all-nighters. Continue Reading »
The power of parents, as expressed in their choice of schools, confirms the value of Catholic liberal arts and sciences perhaps more effectively than any other factor when it comes to the public sphere and education debates. Continue Reading »
Kevin Clark joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Liberal Arts Tradition: A Philosophy of Christian Classical Education. Continue Reading »
The alumni of The King’s College are rallying. We say simply, “Save King’s.” The odds are long. But the opportunity is there. Continue Reading »
Many colleges laud “critical thinking” as important, and while this claim bears truth, it is necessary to find out why it is truly important. Continue Reading »
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