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 spirit of Mephistopheles is truly seductive, as Goethe well knew. Thankfully, however, there is still hope. Continue Reading »
Many Christian institutions have become prone to mission-drift and to conflating voguish pieties with gospel mandates because they have come to embrace an identity of “mere Christianity” over confessional particularity. Continue Reading »
One cause of American society’s shift to the left over the past six decades has been a series of subtle acts of “progress” that, at their inception, did not appear to be political at all. Only after their acceptance did their implications become clear. An example, one (apparently) far from . . . . Continue Reading »
Like many a wayward daughter of middle-class America, when I was in college I took up academic culture’s invitation to throw off the moral restraints of my Christian upbringing. I experimented with all manner of substances and licentiousness—even with feminist theory, which almost proved . . . . Continue Reading »
It will take a major shift in values—away from infantilization and fear and toward learning and joy—before amiable student-professor relations are possible again at places like Princeton. In the meantime, I recommend the University of Dallas. Continue Reading »
Operation Varsity Blues,” the 2019 college admissions scandal, returned to the news earlier this year when a Netflix documentary provided a fresh opportunity to decry abuses of privilege and the selfishness of parents seeking to boast of their children’s achievements. Comforting accounts, to be . . . . Continue Reading »
Neetu Arnold joins the podcast to discuss the state of college debt and her new National Association of Scholars report, “Priced out: What College Costs America.” Continue Reading »
The new wave of identity politics is a consequence of the eradication of a conservative ethos from American life. Continue Reading »
Columbia University is presenting a vision of a nation that might be better characterized by the motto Ex uno plures. Continue Reading »
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