A Message for Humanities PhDs
by Mark BauerleinThese classical schools are happy places. Humanities departments in higher ed are not. Continue Reading »
Why Are Universities So Ugly?
by Niall GoochGrandeur and beauty in interior decoration helps to give a sense of institutional authority and self-confidence in the face of demands from activist students intoxicated by What’s Happening Right Now. Continue Reading »
A Tradition of Anti-Traditionalists
by Mark BauerleinWhat this bias in academia has produced is two generations of college teachers who don’t realize their bias. Continue Reading »
Institutional Temptation
by Eric C. Smith and Andrew T. WalkerAny Christian institution that seeks to influence the commanding heights of elite culture while at the same time maintaining fidelity to its confession must beware of this temptation. Continue Reading »
The Cancellation of Dr. Nassif
by Carl R. TruemanDr. Bradley Nassif’s reasoned, orthodox views on marriage and human sexuality have cost him his career at North Park University, an institution formally connected to the theologically conservative Evangelical Covenant Church. Continue Reading »
Put Down the Woke Man's Burden
by James HankinsA leader needs the ability to champion an institution’s goals in reasonable, moral terms that can win approbation from both subordinates and outsiders. Bad conduct, incompetent speech, neglect of institutional goods, pursuit of private or factional interests—all of that dishonors and dispirits the whole enterprise. Continue Reading »
Gary Saul Morson on Suicide of the Liberals
by R. R. RenoGary Saul Morson joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2020 issue, “Suicide of the Liberals.” Continue Reading »
The Honor Deficit
by James HankinsThe decline of meritocratic standards in American universities, and the rise of identity-based admissions, is leading to an honor deficit that might well spell the end of elite education. 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 »
Intellectual Freedom in Medieval Universities
by James HankinsThe monstrous regiment of administrators in modern universities could learn a thing or two from medieval models of university governance. Continue Reading »
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