Saving The King’s College
by Rachelle PetersonThe 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 »
Reforming Florida’s Universities: A Symposium
by VariousFirst Things asked several experts in higher education to reflect on the Florida experiment and offer suggestions for maximizing the impact of the reforms. Read their responses here. Continue Reading »
The Sorry Situation of Catholic Schools
by Mark BauerleinTo our Catholic school leadership, please: Stop listening to the mediocrities and half-hearted Catholics, and go with the true believers and dedicated souls. Continue Reading »
The Renaissance of the Classical School
by James HankinsWithout teachers to pass on the arts of civilization, human life becomes deeply disoriented and we lose our sensitivity to the most refined, worthwhile pleasures. Continue Reading »
Columbia’s Crumbling Core
by David AcevedoThe Great Books will live on one way or another, but if recent trends are any indication, there will be no Core Bicentennial to celebrate. Continue Reading »
Great Books Every Thoughtful Person Should Read
by Bruce Riley AshfordA list of some of the most incandescent, wide-ranging, and influential writers in Western history. Continue Reading »
Why Read Great Books?
by David RandallReading Great Books in the language of left-wing pedagogy only subordinates them to progressive goals.
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On Reading Old Books
by Rachelle PetersonReading classics is humbling. Myopia becomes impossible. Millennia of human history unfold with the pages of books—and with an authenticity that no textbook or documentary can mimic. Continue Reading »
The Voracious Nought
by Peter LawlerI just got back from giving a lecture at a small liberal-arts college. The tenured professors were complaining. (That, after all, is allegedly what tenure gives professors the unlimited right to do). Their main complaint: Students are no longer doing the reading for “core texts” or . . . . Continue Reading »
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