My friends who work in scientific fields were aghast when they saw that the organizers of a planned “March for Science” had tweeted that “colonization, racism, immigration, native rights, sexism, ableism, queer-, trans-, intersex-phobia, & econ justice are scientific issues [black power . . . . Continue Reading »
We ignore the educational visionaries of the so-called Dark Ages—Charlemagne, Alcuin, Alfred the Great—at our peril. Continue Reading »
Peter Berger, who died on June 27 at age eighty-eight, ranked among the most distinguished sociological thinkers and public intellectuals of the past half century. His contributions to his discipline were impressively varied: the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, sociological . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been tracking youth reading habits and test scores for a long time, but I’ve never asked this question: What becomes of a faith that places a book at the center of worship if the rising generation doesn’t read? I don’t mean illiteracy. The problem is what reading researchers . . . . Continue Reading »
In this 500th anniversary year of the Reformation, there are countless angles from which to think about that event and its continuing significance. By no means the least important is the fact that Luther’s Reformation in particular was in many respects a university-based movement. And still in our . . . . Continue Reading »
The empirical evidence against computers in the classroom is mounting. Continue Reading »
Camille Paglia believes there is a causal connection between young Americans’ ignorance of history and their dim view of present conditions. Continue Reading »
Unlike the SAT and ACT, the Classic Learning Test rewards familiarity with the great works of Western civilization. Continue Reading »
A University of Chicago professor reflects on the idiosyncracies of teaching in the age of Trump and trigger warnings. Continue Reading »
The fate of American Christianity will be decided on college campuses. Continue Reading »
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