Twenty-three years ago, David Brooks published in The Atlantic a long essay based on interviews with Princeton undergraduates. He found the students busy: overscheduled, achievement-oriented models of meritocratic success. They were “extraordinarily bright, morally earnest, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Hans Zeiger joins the podcast to discuss his recent article “The Next Step for Disaffected Donors.” Continue Reading »
Max Eden joins the podcast to discuss “Sketching A New Conservative Education Agenda.” Continue Reading »
A serious Christian school must have an explicit, orthodox Christian mission, and it has to hire administrators, faculty, and staff for that mission. Continue Reading »
Stanley K. Ridgley joins the podcast to discuss his book Brutal Minds. Continue Reading »
On October 7, more Jews were killed than on any single day since the Holocaust, many in brutal and sadistic ways. Rapes committed, hostages taken, concertgoers gunned down, corpses desecrated, small children murdered: The attack by Hamas militants on civilians unveiled the terrible darkness of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Jeremy Tate joins the podcast to discuss the history of the Classic Learning Test and why it is important for American higher education. Continue Reading »
A new generation of artisans is being trained in classical methods to replace the sterile, joyless structures we’ve been stuck with since the 1960s. Continue Reading »
I can hardly imagine a more utopian time for a young intellectual, a reader of Great Books. Continue Reading »
After only seventeen months as dean of students, I do not pretend to have all of the solutions to the issues that come up with student life. But the following eight rules are quite clear to me. Continue Reading »
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