Teaching Great Books in the Bronx

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Hostos Community College professors Andrea Fabrizio and Gregory Marks on teaching the great books to a diverse student body in the Bronx. Continue Reading »

30 May 2018

Humanities and Communities

by Nathan Nielson

The search for community is best accomplished through our common pursuit of the humanistic disciplines. Continue Reading »

29 May 2018

An Integrated Humanist

by Russell Hittinger

John Senior and the Restoration of Realismby francis bethel, o.s.b.thomas more, 452 pages, $34.99 H igher education has survived the end of the American century, if just barely. American colleges and universities are like a naval mothball fleet that’s still afloat but not seaworthy. Some schools . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2017

What (Who?) Is a University?

by John Schwenkler

There is an old story, much loved by academics, that in an address to the Columbia University faculty in 1948 Dwight Eisenhower, then President of the university, prefaced his remarks with the phrase: “Now, you employees of Columbia University . . .”A member of the faculty interjected to correct . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2016