The Restoration of Western Civ
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, John Burtka joins the podcast to discuss the future of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Continue Reading »
Finding Refuge at the University of Dallas
by Joshua T. KatzIt 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 »
An Apostle of Literature
by Glenn C. ArberyIn the fall of 2021, a student at the University of Dallas asked me to give a tribute to Dr. Louise Cowan, one of the most famous faculty members at the university, as part of an event centered on remembering the dead for All Saints and All Souls. I had had no occasion to commemorate her when . . . . Continue Reading »
Miseducation of the Millennials
by Sohrab AhmariNot long before the pandemic, I met a senior foreign-policy scholar at a major conservative think tank. She was visiting the New York Post opinion pages, where I worked at the time, to promote a white paper she’d just written. The title was something modest, like After Terror: . . . . 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 »
What Have We Done to Them?
by Elizabeth BachmannOn this episode, Elizabeth Bachmann, a Junior Fellow at First Things, interviews Mark Bauerlein about his new book, The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults. 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 »
Jesus the Carpenter
by Kari Jenson GoldThe life of the mind can be a precious, beautiful thing, but divorced from the physical, it leads inexorably to corruption. Continue Reading »
Inclusivity at Notre Dame
by W. Joseph DeReuilIf the university meets the next generation of students at the door with the contradictions and false premises of woke “inclusivity,” how will they learn to pursue goodness and truth? Continue Reading »
On Not Buying into the Mythology of “Prestige” Universities
by George WeigelSmall, religiously-affiliated liberal arts colleges do a far better job of preparing the minds and souls of students than the Ivies. Continue Reading »
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