Against Princeton
by R. R. RenoThe tax bill's proposed tax on super-sized university endowments is wise—we need less elite education. Continue Reading »
9.5 Theses
by Gilbert MeilaenderIn 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 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 »
Ganging Up
by Mark BauerleinAmy Wax, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and First Things contributor, has angered her law school colleagues. Thirty-three professors have “condemned” her views in a recent statement. Continue Reading »
A Higher Education
by R. R. RenoFirst Things reflects on sacred things out of a shared commitment to the authority of God's revelation. Continue Reading »
A Report from Morningside
by Philip JefferyThe ground has been shifting at college campuses everywhere. But at my alma mater, nothing has changed more than campus conservatism. Continue Reading »
In Defense of Educational Administrators
by Carl R. TruemanThere are actually three certainties in life. There is death. There are taxes. And there are riots. Continue Reading »
Digital Enthusiasts and Informed Skeptics
by Mark BauerleinActual attendance in class and taking notes by hand, not with any technology, is better for learning. Continue Reading »
Reflections on Being the Dumbest Man in the Room
by Carl R. TruemanContrasting gracious erudition with gibberish and jargon. Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by Benjamin Brady and Randy BoyagodaExporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power by anna su harvard, 296 pages, $39.95 Anna Su’s study of U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom abroad from 1898 through the present ends as it begins. In the Philippines in the early twentieth century and again in Iraq in the . . . . Continue Reading »
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