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Although nearly a quarter of Americans (23%) say socialism means equality, fewer (17%) correctly identify socialism as an economic system where the government controls key factors of production and distribution, according to a Gallup poll in...
Professor Abraham Unger has a unique vision for liberal arts education. Long before before spending a decade as Director of Urban Programs at Wagner College in New York, he was an undergraduate student concentrating on...
We college presidents have learned to tread lightly when it comes to the passions of alumni and other fans for our athletic teams, whether it is one competing for a national championship or a...
A new book, The Love of Learning: Seven Dialogues on the Liberal Arts, remedies the disjointed approach to liberal arts education. Unfortunately, few liberal arts colleges remain committed to the study of the traditional...
Cornell University’s Faculty Senate recently considered a slate of anti-racism proposals developed in response to President Martha Pollack’s charge to the faculty. After wide-ranging discussion and deliberation, the Faculty Senate approved a new academic...
Judging from the voting in Cornell University’s Faculty Senate in late May, it appears that faculty representatives are showing significant prudence and discernment in the hard work of finding a way forward in a...
.According to Intercollegiate Studies Institute president Johnny Burtka, “Free societies don’t work without virtuous and educated people.” The American republic relies on a “citizenry that can engage in politics at every level – from local townhalls...
Program Washington, DC – Duke University’s Arete Initiative has been named an Oasis […]
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