The Fraud of Higher Education
by Benjamin MyersUniversities stay relevant not by chasing the needs of the moment, but by addressing themselves to the lasting questions in human life. Continue Reading »
The Dark Secret of Saint Mary’s College
by Kate ArenchildThe students at Saint Mary’s College of California are told maleness is inherently oppressive—and many young men there are choosing the alt-right. Continue Reading »
Dissenters from Disenchantment
by Mark BauerleinMonterey Peninsula College is a two-year school in California. Students in the Great Books Program there don’t want to live in a disenchanted world. They told me so last month, when I spent a day interviewing them and their teachers. Some followed up on email. Nobody mentioned . . . . Continue Reading »
Why the Humanities Must Remain Human (Or Die)
by Joshua MayoWith diverse theoretical agendas replacing the arts of truth-seeking in universities, it’s no surprise that the numbers of humanities students are dwindling. Continue Reading »
The Lost Purpose of Learning
by Joseph ClairThe four-year journey to college is a cultural tradition deeply embedded in the American psyche. But has it become an empty routine? Continue Reading »
Religion on the College Campus
by Mark BauerleinThe latest installment in an ongoing interview series with senior editor Mark Bauerlein. Featuring: Drew Trotter on the renewal of religion in higher education. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousWages of Sin The controversy surrounding capitalism was well represented by David Bentley Hart (“Mammon Ascendant”) and Francesca Aran Murphy (“Is Liberalism a Heresy?”) in your June/July issue. Both their essays were immensely interesting, but it is Hart’s missteps in describing . . . . Continue Reading »
Bernie Sanders and the Atomized Republic
by Pete SpiliakosBeating the Left will mean answering the questions people are really asking about the world they really live in. Continue Reading »
College Without Truth
by Molly OshatzNot long ago, I was an assistant professor of history at the most racially and ethnically diverse university in the country. There, diversity, equality, and inclusion took priority over all other goods. And it showed. My classrooms were full of students of different races, ethnicities, . . . . Continue Reading »
Trigger Warnings and Academic Consumerism
by Richard J. MouwI have been reading a lot of back-and-forth about “trigger warnings” lately. Students who see themselves as victims of discrimination and abuse are demanding that professors issue warnings about materials in courses they are teaching that might cause strong negative emotional responses in . . . . Continue Reading »
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